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C0NTRASTS STRIKINGLY WITH AMERICA. New York, January 25. Hcrmis, the American stallion that Henry M. Ziegler has located in France, is stationed at Chaumont, thirty-five miles west of Paris, on a farm on which a stallion by Gallinule, out of La Fleche. which cost Baron Rothschild ,150, is standing. James Dockerson, Baron Rothschilds trainer, picked the place for Mr. Ziegler and promised to get some of the liest mares in France to breed to Hermis. The horse will stand for 500 francs this spring. Hermis is not permanently exiled in France, but he will remain abroad until racing conditions Improve in this coun- ""Americans do not realize the damage they have done to their country by permitting the enemies of horse racing to have their way here and in the west." Mr. Ziegler said on returning from Europe. "And only those who travel in. Europe ever will know that they have driven away millions of dollars in horseflesh that could not be replaced in twenty-live years under the. operation of .the sanest and most liberal racing laws. Europe stands amazed at the folly of a progressive people who fall to appreciate the economic worth of the thoroughbred and to encourage his propagation In every way possible. But the governments of France, England and Germany are rather glad we have- gone crazy, lie-cause our loss in valuable horseflesh, is their gain. They are delighted to get back tltc brilliant stud of Clarence II. Mackay and to acquire such stallions as Adam, Mthclbert, Octagon, Henry of Navarre and Irish Lad. and such mares as August -Belmont and Herman Duryea have established in France, to say nothing of the brilliant two-year-olds Harry Payne Whitney and James It. Keene send abroad every year. Nor are they insensible to the importance ot the moiiev Mr. Keene, Mr. Whitney, Mr. Belmont, Mr. Thomas Hitchcock, Mr. Carroll and other Americans who race abroad spend among theiu annually. "The French are doing more just now to encourage the breeding of race horses than any other European country and, all things considered, they develop the fiuest type of thoroughbred extant. Racing is kept under strict surveillance by the authorities in France and the government buys regularly the most valuable horses it develops. The French cavalry Is the most superbly mounted cavalry anywhere. A man who lias seen a squadron o cavalry go through their evolutions on the Champs Elysees does not care to see a horse show. And. thanks to the encouragement the government has given the propagation of race horses, thoroughbred blood predominates in the utility horse of the country. The cab horse of Lyons and Nice compares favorably with the carriage horse of the average American millionaire and solely because he is throe-fourths thoroughbred. "The French military authorities want the thoroughbred for their cavalry and artillery service because the thoroughbred is the hardiest, most enduring and most intelligent quadruped alive. The cavalry horse of Kuroic must pack close to 200 pounds and travel forty-live miles a day. A cold-blooded horse wont do that. The third day he will drop down beside the road and die. "Germany is only the least bit behind France in breeding. The German government not only encourages racing in every way lint it never misses an opportunity to purchase a first-class .stallion for the Imperial Stud. And liecause ot this intelligent policy it will not lie long lie fore Germany will begin to breed as good a horse as can be found anywhere. "The most recent valuable purchase of the German government is the stallion Nunge, winner of the Grand Prix of Paris last year. Nuagc won the Grand Prix in the colors of a titled Russian ladv . tandv Ka,ser8 government paid her the equivalent of 100,000 for Inn. Nunge was worth even cent of that sum. if not more. For among the horses he defeated in the Grand Prix Were Charles OMaliev and Lomlierg. Lemberg. you will remember, won the British Derby. Another of the horses Nuage beat was William K. Vanderbilts crack, which took show money. I saw the Grand Prix and bet on Charles OWfalloy. Nuage. however, was bv far the best horse in the race, and he Is going to "do a lot toward promoting the improvement of the breed of horses in Germany."
