The New York herald., 1921-12-18
]. E. MADDEN TALKS
OF HORSE BREEDING
Says Sire Is Three-quarters of
Stud in Rearing Trotters
or Runners.
FULL-BROTHERS FAILURES
Kentucky Horseman Declares
Distinguished Relatives Only
Useful to Help Sell Misfits.

Useful TO Help Sell Mlsflts.
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II Is an old saying among horse breed
ers that stallion is half the stud. John
y. Madden. whose remarkable success in
breeding, buying and selling runners and
trotters has made him an authority on
tho subject, goes the old saying one
better and gives 1t as his opinion that
the sire is more than three-quarters OF
the stud. In talking horse with John c.
Welty, w. II. Gocher and other members
OF the Board of Review of the National
Trotting Association during their meet
ing at the Murray Hill Hotel a short
time ago this subject came up, and the
man who ranks among the largest
breeders OF race horses in the world
remarked:
"The sire is more than three-fourths
OF the stud. Mares are necessary, but
at the most a mare can give you but
one failure or one winner each year. A
stallion will get from fifty to seventy
five. IL he is a blank-and many are
two or three years will put q large
breeder on the rocks.
"Patchen Wilkes, a fine individual and
a we'll bred horse for his day, failed alb
solutely. From the same mares Peter
the Great sent out shoal of winners.
Milton Young had n great sire in Han
over. When he died Lamplghter was
selected. He was a good racehorse and
just as well bred. Lamplighter failed.
Selling Hamburg and His Brother.
"Of the Hanover colts I selected
Hamburg. He was good. One day at
Sheepshead Bay after Hamburg had
won a. stake with 13S pounds up I was
holding him by the head in the pad
dock A thick set man with a stubby
mustache came I'D and said: Young
man, do you own that colt?'
""That depends l replied. whether
You want to buy him or attach him.
81 would like to buy him. said my
caller. who was Marcus DAILY. WHAT is
the price,?
Il told him $4,000.
"'Rat ther steep he remarked.
mot for this kind replied.
Marcus DAILY gave me S40.001 for
Hamburg. He handed me a. Wells-Fargo
draft for $4,000 and a silver dollar.
Hamburg had a brother named
Frankfort. / owned him. While was In
New York the stable in which he was
kept was burned. The farm superin
tendent wired me and added Frankfort
was rescued. 1 replied that as long as
the brother of Hamburg was saved the
loss Of the barn did not amount to any
thing. Some one heard of the despatci.
and made me a swell offer for Frank
fort. He got him.
Brothers and sisters among race
horses do not amount to much. When I
went to Kentucky, back in the eighties if
you visited Barney Treacys farm you
were shown into stable full of brothers
and sisters to horses with records. They
were all dolled up and were for sale. If
by any chance you drifted to the train
ing stable. the brother and sister stuff
was cut out. You were told how fast
each one could go. Later on their broth.
ers and sisters would be in the sale barn.
Tho same thing was seen at Wood.
burn. As soon as a visitor arrived, Lucas
Brodhead or one of his assistants would
be calling for Mr.. Hull to bring cut the
brother or sister of Maud S. or Nut
wood. IL purchased their new owners did
not get very rich racing them. AS for
the training stable it was the Same as
Treacy's
Relatives Can't Help Him.
Each race horse must be judged by
what he can do. His relatives Will not
help him very much in the thick of tha
fight. II a runner is sound and will race
hc can be used somewhere. The ones
that viii not make stake Eorses can be
aired as selling platers or sold for bush
horses.
The trotters are different. Their
chances are cut into four parts-one-
fourth breeding, one-fourth growth and
development, one-fourth balancing and
one-fourth training and driving.
Some one has remarked that horses
race in all shapes. He did not say how
far. Without racing blood no horse can
train on and show class. Unless horse
IL
to build on. Gameness Is another name
for strength with the racing spirit back
OF II.
"A horse that is not balanced does not
have a chance. II Is only a matter OF
time until he gives himself rap that
VIII put him on the shelf. I gave $4,000
for Hamburg Belle. She was hitting
her knees. j tried what Robert Bonner
and Charles Marvin showed me on foot
balance and added a few of the ideas
that l had picked up along with some
from Billy Andrews. who trained and
drove her for me. Hamburg Belle went
clear. The day she defeated Uhlan. set
ting the worlds race record at . :01L, j
sold her for $4,000.
''As for a horse being trained and
driven properly it Is only necessary ia
look around and see what some folk get
for their money. In some mems hands
u SoU,oUO morse looks IKE ~ cents. lie
goes and acts all right. but he canno,
deliver. The horse is not placed prop
erly.
All cannot be champions. A sxillfu
man knows that lie starts his mounts
where they have shade the best of II
Or at least q chance.
There are horses that train TO stake
form. There are others that have speed
TO burn until they are classed The
trainer who learns that before the bel
ring Is always near the top of the win
ming drivers.
Many trotters and PAGERS 20 theig
races before they go to the races. They
are drilled. not trained. Their owners
arc happy on workout day and blue on
race day."