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GERMANYS NEW BREEDING POLICY. n will ii" doubt latcrcsl many to ham thai thc Prussian IJovi i iiiiiiiii I* i tt-mplatius; the i -I i 1 1-1 1 1 i i nnni I Gradita a Its in incipal 1 n - 1 i nu stud. Tti • ]in. - lias | in tmlked ot ev c since Heri v. Octthigen ■ii. . • • ilt.!. twelve months ago. Count Lehndorfl as director ot the Government Studs. The ii 1 — i laten ■ i u.i to take ovet or* i 1 1 1* - many hundreds iif I,,, estate* owned bj the Goverament all ovei . Imssia. Indeed, a faun railed BlMerlake had prac r n. .ill.v been — J- ■ t«- I . bill ii was found that horses n the tocalit] arere periodically liable to suffer from .i si»- -ir, ot cataract, and bo that scheme was abandoned. Font private estates then came nnd r review- .iif at Btranssfurt. in the Prorinct of Sax iiny. ami the others in Silesia, Westphalia, ami 11 :n ■ .;. That at Straussfurl was finallj chosen, ami. subject i" the sanction of Parliament, will be bought. Strausafurt Is dose to the towaa of Erfurt and Weimar. The land all over, this district has a chalk foundation, and has hitherto been regarded as much too valuable to devote to horse breeding. Much hi it i- used for the cultivation of beet-sugar. The catati •■ i- proposed !•• bus extend to 1,400 acres, laalj 130 acres ot whii Ii is at present ond r grass, -.. ih, H the remainder will have to be la ii dowa. There is no si iblin* of any kind, and ii is proposed to iiuilii liin boxes for in-ii.nlin.irc- ami forty foe w aaed foals. ii i saiil that the German Emperor is greatly in erected in the scheme, for he lias received the as i ranee that a removal to litis new farm will enable the Prussian Governments horses to hold their own at Baden Baden, where hitherto they have had to ,.; i "second fiddle" i" horses from France. More ■ er, bis Majesty is reported to have been i • T « 1 thai :.i Strauaafurl ii will be possible thoroughly to estab-; *k a "German thoroughbred" and make German Ii eeders Indepemlenl of England! Thai i- as it taay be Private breeders in Germany are Inclined to bake their beads over the whole scheme. Thej are wondering boa much further tb directors of the Government simls propose to •-.• ■ Last year the Gradita-hred horses won forty-seven races worth sj »::.i;7.-. :, German record, and one which Gradl I had never prevlouslj approached. Thai was m much money taken oui of the pockets of private owners ami in eders. The director at Strausafurt will be • ••um S. I.cIimI. i ti. son of Count Lehndorff. This Mud will he run in conjunction with that at Boeater-lini. where the stallions Caius ami French B*os were si ami Dg last season. Ii Is not quite clear whether ir dlta which Is also in Saxony i- to be com Tt *1 nun an ordinary agricultural farm ot i-- to be n tain 1 as a stud for stallions.
