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A CONTRAST THAT SADDENS Loiiinientiug on the wonderful prices obtained for yearlings at the recent Doucaster sales London Sporting Lifes expert writes writesMr Mr Tattersall probably never had an easier sale for the competition was so keen and the bidding so rapid that the business done was at the rate of 3000 a minute When we realize what all this means we can see what a great national loss has been indicted upon the United States by the short ¬ sighted policy of legislators who have practically stopped racing on the other side of the Atlantic Without racing and the rich prizes to be won thcreuc there Is no encouragement to horse breeders and a great industry is straugled A few years ago it looked a if the Americans favored by their vast prairies were destined to obtain a largo proportion of the business in thoroughbred stock but at the word of the lawmakers all this has been swept away Breeders awayBreeders havo broken up their studs Stallion anil mures havt been M 11 i l y une stuck ffi xvaiit fit a liome market uu l le e i exported to Kuj land France or Australia In time to come and it will lie a short time tn the Americans will in crvin out for cavalry horses and others of a hisli standard for without the competition that can only be obtained ou a race course there is no incentiv whatever to improve While the United States have adopted such shortsighted policy the countries of Europe ar striking out in an opposite direction Horsebreea Germany Austria Russia and Italy in a most en terprising manner and the demands from tno c countries are proving a source of wealth to Englanc because after all It is the English thorougbbreu that fs most sought after The records of Messrs Tattersalls sales supply the chapters for the his ¬ tory of i great English Industry and though now and again there have been isolated cases wllere par ¬ ticular yearlings have fetched higher prices tlia11 those realized tills week at Doncaster the result taken In the aggregate is a matter for national congratulation
