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TRESENT STATE OF FRENCH BREEDING. ■ do ai, ■■ breeder ind pt rmancnl , on altal i ■ committees have been formed under Government supervision in France .;i addition to the different roe -oeietie- which ha e as yet decided nothing as io the future of an Industry which had attained a most flourishing condition twelve months ago. M. lalinoml Blanc was lucky. His annual weed -out of the yearlings form th.- Jardy Stud, lived for the Saturdaj preceding the Grand Prix de Paris, showed that good prices could be obtained 1, lie breeder, since the flfteen sold brought on an average B2I sovereigns, or in all $:;it.-_.,o. Florelne, by .■ja. and Ladv /. . by the -a, in- sire, w ere 1 he mosl pleasing of tin- i,,t in the eyes of buyers, Mr. Banford. »vho ae l.fldO sovereigns for Lady » ■ and Mi-. .1. D. Colin, who secured the yearling out id Snelldnck for twenty sovereigns less, s.aie- by private agreement may have taken place -hue. for oaring to the stoppage or racing after the beginning of August, the small breeder, who hopes to meet his reward al the Deauvllle sale-, ha- been tried beyond endurance with the present price of rorage bj having to .are for and feed animals which have become a white elephant to him. The onerous rondiHons imposed by the Remount Department hare long sine- sterilized the endeavors or the small 1 farmer and breeder to offer his youngsters to the Government. The abandonment of the half-bred horse for the carriage ami saddle owing to the Intro duction of mechanical traction caused numerous . studs to be broken up. and aoa we have reached J a "slump" in the thoroughbred, for which a return was anticipated at the Deauvllle ami bach-end sales. Extensive breeders have not suffered as much . IB the small men who have no inclination to register . racing colors, ami limited themselves P, sending : yearlings for sale in the best possible condition . with a hope of pecuniary compensation for their outlay. Lew can estimate the Immense amount of capital 1 sink iii the breeding through agricultural France. where small holdings an in the majority. Pal years • have induced many small fanners to buj marcs ; at the winter sale- in Paris. Frame has been 1 subdivided into a certain number of "circumscriptions." The center or each circumscription adapted 1 ; for the purposos ot breeding is serve,! |»j tin- Cov eminent sires during the eason. Applications have lo I." made to the manager of the stud, irivins; ; full particulars of the mares, pedigree, and previous produce, and careful attention is paid to the particulars s nt in before nominations are granted. The fee varies from eight shillings to 100 francs. • w hi, h was the cost of sending a mare to Bruce, winner of the Grand Prix in issj. and will be ; asked for a place on the visiting list of He Viri-. the s n of Simonian. third in the Grand Prix of his year and winner of the Prix da President de la Bepnbliqne. He was bought by the French Government for 4. son sovereigns. For the convenience of I small breeders Government sires have certain stations alloted them during the season, and the authorities - giTC every information as to where Blares I can be turned out to wait their turn for service From a theoretical point of view there can be 110 more complete system than that prevailing in frame for the encouragement of the small breeder. Tea 1 may go among them and talk, but when yon touch 1 on the question of betting you will preeeive thai i you bare t rend. oil on an unknown land, for though 1 they may lie templed to at lend the local race meet hag, where the produce they have sold is to run. . they are quite content lo receive the premiums allotted to successful breed ra at the end of the year bj the different race societies. Thej want no betting, they require no "totalise tor." They want t simply to see the Pest horse win. and thereby learn 1 for the future. Now and then they swell tin crowd round the sab- ring in Paris -,r at Deaaville, taking t hint- as lo the condition of yearlings to al tract the • attention of buyers. -Paris Letter to London Sporis-111:111 of July 28.
