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HOW THE BREEDING BUREAU WAS FOUNDED. It Is the Result of a Thorough Investigation and Is Bound to Prove Benoficial. New York, November 20. As the Breeding Bureau of the the Jockey Club is becoming more generally known, various inquiries as to its origin are being received daily, and they are generally coupled with a query as to the advantages of thoroughbred blood and some illustrations of its merits. The Breeding Bureau of the Jockey Club, Avhich Avas organized last April, is not a Quixotic or c. perimental idea, as might be imagined, but is the result of careful investigation as to the real benefit of an infusion of thoroughbred blood into the coarser strains. This iinestigation Avas begun by the chairman of the Breeding Bureau fully a year before he introduced the resolution Avhich was the foundation of this important department of the Jockey Club of the state of New York. In the first place, foreign countries AVhere such departments have long existed in connection with their governments were asked as to the results and in all cases the answers Avere entirely satisfactory. In England this movement is called "the government stallions," and announcement is made where each stallion Avill stand, the fee for service and name of the gentleman in charge of each horse, and advertised in the agricultural papers of the country. Iu each case such advertisement reads: "The Government stallion will be permitted to serve a limited number of half or cold-blooded mares at a service fee of 3 and a small grooms fee." The result of this system is the great hunters, the superb gig and carriage horses and the perfect chargers for Avhich England is famous. From France advice came that this branch of the department of agriculture "was even further advanced and races Avere given, the Avinner to be sold to the government for use as a government stallion. The same result has been achieved in Germany, Austria and other countries. ; The pedigrees of the Kentucky saddle horse a, distinctly American product, were thoroughly investigated and probed into, as were the pedigrees of Lady Suffolk and many of the kings and queens of the show ring, only .to again find that thoropgh-tbt..TtotHl " predominated. .-.". All these facts and many more Avere thoroughly investigated by the chairman of the Breeding Bureau and his associates before the formation of . the bureau.. M. H. TIchenor, of the firm of Tiehenor and New-gass of Chicago and New York, avIio handle hundreds of horses of all kinds annually, said in a public interview in discussing the Breediug Bureau: "This Avill prove a great boon to the breeders of NeAV York state. The thoroughbred avIII natnrally step higher, look better and wear longer than any other breed of horses; and" iu a few years it will enable us ttf buy this horse right here at home, and we can afford to pay for him, for In our business Avhen Ave can furnish just what is Avanted Ave can get our own price, so Ave will naturally pay the breeder and raiser well."
