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J B HAGGINS STURDY ATTITUDE Sage of Elmendorf Talks Bluntly About the Breed ¬ ing and Racing Situation Lexington Ky July 25 I have never been in so undecided a position in all my life I really elo not know what to do with all these thoroughbreds said James B Haggin as he was making a round of inspection over his magnificent Elmendorf Farm this morning I have made up my mind that they are te be sold but when und to whom and for what thats the rub When they go they will go at a sacrifice but they cant stay here until next year and I cannot afford to raise any more under present conditions I have a hone that the next legislature in New York will undo the damnable we rk of Governor Hughes anil his cohorts but 1 do not know that it will and I cannot afford the out ¬ lay e f the vast amount of money It would take to maintain my the re nghhreel breeding Interests In their present form formAs As I said these horses must go and when they are gone it Is entirely probable 1 will never raise another thoroughbred At any rate I will never again be into it se extensively as now I expect that the land now occupied by the horses will be developed and devoted to the raising of line cattle fe r export anil to the raising of hemp Corn oats and wheat will not pay sufficiently and for a year er se yet conditions will not permit the raising of tobacco tobaccoMr Mr Haggin left the impression that all of the thoroughbreds will be off the farm before Uip end of the coming year and the sales will be niiido here and In New Yeirk though he did HQt mnkii this a positive statement statementAsked Asked concerning the rumor that he would send some of the yearlings to the English market he said The English are prejudiced against American horses and another thing they are raising about all the horses in that country that they have use for forHe He disposed of the proposition to sell in the Argen ¬ tine Republic by saying I will not send any oJ my horses to South America just now maybe not at all Argentine is a pretty country to raise and lace horses in but selling them there to Sir Spani ¬ ard is a different proposition He is about as smart as tlie next fellow and when it comes to trading lie will priceMr buy when it suits him and pay his own price Mr Haggins expressions concerning Governor Hughes left no doubt as to the manner in which lie regards New Yorks chief executive and the people wlie aided in the passage of the IlartAgnew bills billsNew New York and the remainder of the country would have been better off If Hughes had gone to hades en elsewhere a couple of years ago said the veteran turfman financier and land owner
