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GOVERNMENT BREEDING IN FRANCE. 1 i time ••• tiim I have mentioned tin- advantage - offered to French breeders l.y the government places ai I heir disposal tin services " high- i .. v.- i ii.iiiiiii.il !•-.- writ - t n. ■ Paris •■ : !••■-:. mil. nt of l»ndon SiKirting Life. The Ktate ..wu- altogether about 2.000 stallions, of which -•"." an- described as *pnr-sang Anglais. or It tb riMighbreds. Many horses that have bs , ...-r on the I.iii i- i turf are now in I . Tin- stallion depot* ••! the French govern in. -ui are sixteen in number, situated in irionn parts of i mtiy. the chief "t them being at !. • Im Ian. Tarbes and I lunj . ■| I,.- aervice* of aouM 300 stallions of good qaulity -.u be bad bj farmers ami lireeders for tborough-■ ,i..| mares at a fee of *20 foi Arab or Anglo-Arab mai • !•• ol ss. and for balfbred mar.- at a j., .,i s.;. Natural; there i- i tremendoua demaml, :m.i the names and pedigree* if the mar.- hav i .,iu, n. ,i to the .lit • tor "1 the Nan. nal 8 ud tarm- an. i approved bj lilm. AppHcatloas wer re in. ,. I and S....11 there will be ■ drawing ■• lot ... determine which owner*, shall hare the privl The mare* niu-t be af a definite age, ind their owners must i«- Frenchmen domiciled mi All thoroughbred mares must be properly bed in th. French Stud Book, and halfbnil man- have to pass an examination. Bach -taili .a ■rill aerve from thirtj t" forty tboroughbred mares, i Arabs an. i t ,m- balfbred*. in addition lo ih.- horses of the Mara- National, there are a large number «.i arell known Knglish th irougbbre«t «t all lorn. In France In possessbaa .-f private owners. Among these i- Rundrklge. sin ol the Derby wiunei Runstar, which i* owned by a Frai Belgian syndii-ate, and whose suliscripti.Mi ill for l»12. IW.t and 1014. Another is Meddler, formerly In th- stud In Kentucky. Be i- owned Messrs. i.an. - Carroll ami Clarence II. kfackay, and stands at a fee of tl.ttfiL
