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MORE HORSES FOR BREEDING BUREAU. August Belmont Donates Footprint and Tipsand ta United States Government. New York, November 1. August Belmont, chairman of the Jockey Club, has notified the directors of the United States Government Breeding Bureau that he will donate the three-year-old Footprint and the two-year-old Tipsand for government service in the stud. As both horses are by Rock Sand, for which Mr. .Belmont paid 25,000, and out of mares of the most fashionable breeding, the gift is highly important. Otlicials in Washington were especially pleased when Mr. Belmont gave Henry of Navarre and Octagon to the bureau last winter. The former is by Knight of Ellerslie Moss Rose, by The Ili-Used. Octagon is a chestnut, by Rayon dOr Ortegal, by Bend Or. The army officers that have participated by riding and training their own horses, and those owned by the government, at the hunt meetings for the past two seasons realize that big strides will have to bo made to breed a class of horses that can compete with the military horses of other powers. Coming in close contact with professional horsemen for two seasons on the Brookline course of the Country Club. Joseph E. Wideners Lynnewood course at Elkins Park; Pimlico, Belmont Park and other places where they have had an opportunity to observe as well as take an active part in the racing, has increased their desire to aid in the improvement oT the breed of horses for military service. It became evident when the officers were first seen in public racing that they were horsemen. But it was through actual competition that they improved in alertness at the starting post. In addk tion to this they made a study of judging pace :and riding a vigorouss finish. During the recent summer meetings the improvement shown in this respect was marked. Footprint is a horse of high class, proven by his victories in races over good opposition, with his weight up. ne is of the right type to attain success in the stud. Besides possessing the stamp oil quality he is rugged. East season Footprint won seven races, including the Tremout Stakes at Gravesend and the Double Event at Sheepshead Bay. In the latter event he carried 130 pounds and ran six furlongs in 1:11. Meridian, Naushon. Novelty winner of the Futurity StaRes. and others finished behind him. Tipsand is out of the high class racer Tiptoe, a daughter of Hastings Tarpeia. Tiptoe was a big favorite with horse lovers, having shown speed and starania in events where she met and defeated horses of both sexes over considerable distance of ground. Tipsand was himself a winner, and there is every reason to believe he .will prove a valuable acquisition to the breeding bureau which the government will , endeavor to bring to the standard maintained by Great Britain and the countries of continental Europe.
