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SAGACIOUS NEW YORK BREEDERS. Genesee Valley Farmers Plan to Make Their Section a Home for the Thoroughbred. New York. Novoinlier 22. — Mrs. Herbert Wads Worth aid those associated with her in the Genesee Valley Horse Breeders Association have in view the establishment of a plan whereby the region in which her famous Asbantee Stud is l.M-atcd will liecome ihe Ireland of America through the production of 1hor..ugiihied and half-bred hunters, cavalry remounts and saddle horses of quality. Kroni the time the breeding bureau of the Jockey «Itib was established several thoroughbred stallions have stood in tlie valley, and their influence on the hi rat product of the territory has lieen marked. Shot Gun. oH.diieh and other stallions of sir.e and quality Itav." been liberally patronized hy the farmers, and last season August ItellDout donated Wonder Boy. liv Watercress out of Donna de Oro. hy Rayon d*Or. and Merry Task, hy Octagon, dam Merry Token, by Merry Hampton, the former untrained localise of his remarkable size, and Ihe latter a good winner of four races in Kngland. In addition to these, the fanner had an •■p|M ituiiity to breed to the good |MN-se Otis, by Sain . r Foul Shot, dam I.aura Agnes, to .Ills Johnson, purchased in Kentucky by Mrs. Wad worth herself. The Genesee Valley is thirty-five miles long and about twelve miles at its widest jioint. and it is a ■natter of record that no richer farming community exists in the Illltcd States. There are pastures that have never known a plow, the purest of spring water mt oiates tbr nigh the limestone, and as u grazing country it cannot he surpassed. It is not remarkable that go d horses have been bred there, and the Time has i-nine wiien the woman who is rosiionslble for much of tlie development of tlie region and the fanners wh swear by her want to increase their slioplv of raw material and secure a still greater reputation for their finished product. With this iitriiesc in view, the Genesee Horse Breeders Asso-rhitioa has asked l In* Jockey Club to place with it thoroughbred, half-bred or other good mares, which wil Is- mated with the breeding bureau stallions. The project will come up before the Jockey Club at its annual meeting early in January, and already «• nsiderahle missionary work has neon done in connection with the proposition I ieutenant N C. Shiverick. formerly of the Third • -iN-ilrv who is associated with Mrs. Wadsworth in ihe shaiitoe Stud, which is .b-votod to the breeding, iriiien and development of hunters, and who is a finished horseman, discussed the plan at some length deling a recent visit to New York. •The de-Tee of enthusiasm for the production of biffb c-iss horses in the Gonesi-e Valley is remark fanner in the community •tide " said be "Kverv hi ■! liellever in the Jmkey Clubs policy for the im-i.iovemeul of the general purpose breed of horses Thr.ucn the thor.Mighbr.il top cross, but. unfor ri.iii.telv some of them havent marcs of the proper tine Our association kee|.s in close touch with »i,.Ue hreedin- conditions, and at a recent meeting I wl determined to ask the Jockey Club to send us or live their friends thr.Mlgllo.lt the Inited States hundred thoroughbred or aid iu contributing three •. i...f in-ires of proper type, plednig ourselves in I-", f. exercise the most watchful care, not only breeding period but at other tunes of the «i , u- the voir to si-e that the matrons were properly cared calling for ail inspection every four f..r. our plans "■"•There must be many thoroughbred mares that the expectations of their come up to failed to kv. iJ, of speed. continued urodiiction riders ~ in " tlie T1p .. -These we should be glad to iSTfar 1 Ml.g-l"«H«l ■■ • SlUIWWi they would Iiii nts perfectly. If with foal when t , , ... . r ,,: .-..tuire and "he foal iM prove to Is- a g.iod «" and a desire to repurchase the mare he ox piUs*d the matter could be arranged on the pay- ment of a sum that would compensate the association for the expense and trouble — say 00. The foal would, of course. Iielong to the donor of the mare. It would lie much better to let us have such mares as well as those that have gone wrong in the hunting field, or have been incapacitated in other ways. than have them sold for a pittance and end their days in drudgery. With our association they would Ik* worked only enough to keep them healthy, and any abuses would mean their withdrawal and the expulsion of the offending member of the association. "Our plan is quite comprehensive." concluded Lieutenant Shiverick. "We want to establish everywhere the fact that the Genesee Valley is the home of g.Kid horses. The farmers who breed but who do not develop would be free to sell their foals as weanlings: but tliere are others who prepare for the market and turn out the finished product. We aim to Ik* capable of taking care of any and all who may ome to us to purchase horses of quality. If the individual hadnt what is required, he will lie passed along to another member of the association, and he in turn to another until his wants are satisfied. We are anxiously awaiting the Jockey Clubs answer to our appeal."
