The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-16
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English Breeders Say
S. Horses "Tointet
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

English Breeders Say
S. Horses "Tointet
AS the saying 5oes, "if they do
not like 1t they may have to LUMP
it" meaning that the thoroughbred
horse-breeding ind 1stry in England,
which has been the best in the bust
ness for $50 years, has been so thor
oughly slowed down by the war,
that AmericalISreu horses may be
shipped BY AIR and bred to Eng
fish sires and dams, after the war,
despite the fact that, because OF
an alleged FLAW in the pedigree of
the great American sire LEX1NG-
ron, all equine thoroughbreds from
America are tainted" and of no
interest to English breeders.
However, War being the greatest
leveler of the v-mail, they may have
to bring down their uplifted nozzles
ana make the best of a situation
which is rapidly running a three
century old business in England.
An interesting bit on breeding is
herewith presented as something OFT
the beaten track to local racing fans,
especially those who were PIC
TURED OUT by Harvard Square
($l4.60 on opening day at Tropical
yesterday.
Racing's postwar problems are
gcing to be varied anS many of
them will require firm, yet deli
cate handling. Just a few days
back an internationally known
breeGer unused, New York Stale
benefited by over $4,000, 900 from
horseracing in 1913, bit I am
wondering what :! will receive in
1858. I am also wondering what
our relationship with England will
be when this war is over" Natur-
ally he was thinking of the Jersey
(ExcluSion) Act, which, since 1914.
has barred many American bred
horses from the General eng
lish) Stud Book and thus, for
thirty years, has held our export
trade OF thoroughbreds to a neg
American bred horses are record
er as half due to a flaw
in the pedigree of the great
An erican progenitor, Lexington.
Never in the Thoroughbred re-
lations of the two countries has
there been such peculiar situa-
ton. For years our breeders con-
tinued to buy English stations
and mares. In The past quarter
century such famous stations as
Sir Galahad III, Bull Dog, Quatre
Bras II, Aethelstan I, Blenheim
I, Ba.,ram, Mahmoud, Easton,
Shifting Sands II, Gino, Halcyon
Gift, Rhodes Scholar, Jacopo,
Cnrysler l., Boswell, Hypnotist II,
Isolater, Ambrose Light, Bel
Aethel, Challenger II, Foray II,
Soon Over and still others have
been brought here. They represent
many of the most successful lines
o. England and, coupled with
what we had, rank US as the num-
Der ore nation of the world in
Thoroughbred production, a rank
ing England held for two hundred
and fifty years prior to the pres
ent war.
English breeders have paid fab
ulous prices for broodmareS and
weanlings during the past year,
but with each passing season, her
stations and mares are passing on
and with drastic curtailment in
racing and breeding, her thor
oughbred population has steadily
been reduced. Hyperion and 9TH
ers rank with the worlds best
sires, but they can serve only
forty mares annually.
Many are Of the opinion the
mother country will turn to us fol
aid in the rebuilding of her Thor
oughbred population. With the Jer-
sey Act still in force, what good
would our horses be to her breed
ersp True, American bred horses
can run in every race staged In
England, with the ex ton of one
But beyond those what have been
imported, our horses are still faint
ed", insofar as the General STUD
Book is concerned and would be
frowned on by English breeders who
produce with an eye on the export
market. Recently, group of British
breeders endeavored to buy Bahram
back, but the offer was promptly
turned down. The tran .,orta n OF
horses by air will be improved a
thousand-fold after the war and
that may aid our British cousins.
as mares can be shipped here, bred
to a fashionable stallion and ship
ped back. But, if England will &C
tually ask our help ii. rebuilding 1t
is almost a foregone conclusion that
the Jersey Act will have to be re-
scirded. If E. gland proceeds with
her own stock as the foundation, 1t
may mean many years before her
production again becomes normal.