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TO IMPROVE THE BREED OF HORSES. Interesting Movement in Breeding in New York, for Which a Lady Is Responsible. A serious attempt to Improve the breed of horses, especially of the type required for cavalry remounts, will be began bj the Genesee Breeders and Farmers Association of Genesee Valley, backed up by the Jockey Club. The raUey Is famous for its fertile grass lands and DO better location could be found for the experiment, which will be tried this spring. Mr-. Herbert Wadsworth, of Avon, president of the association, in responsible for the idea of branching out m this line and tie- Jockey Club already baa donated a number of choice mares for the purpose, it being stipulated in the deed of gift thai they are to be mated with the thoroughbred stallions under control of the breeding bureau and which are now located in the valley. This is a new move. as under the- previous system of the breeding bureau of tln Jockey Club, stallions only were supplied and the fanners of tin- district* in which they were placed generally bred .-old blooded horses to the thoroughbred*. Mrs, Wadsworth is thoroughly familiar with the method* followed by continental countries in Improving their general horse product, and she his long cherished the lio| being able to put into inactive tiie pi. m which has now reached fruition. When tic- Jockej I lull decided to offer to the farm ers and horse breeders of New York an opportunity to breed to thoroughbred horse- of the proper type the first application f r a sin- came from the Genesee Vallej aid tie re was a ready response to tic appeal of Mm Wadsworth when she initiated tie- movement which resulted in the formation of the Breeders and Fan u re1 --- elation. The aasoctati m asked tie- Jockey Club to place with its members :, certain number of selected dams, guaranteeing that they would be specially cared for and would be subject at all times !•• the Inspection of the Jockey Clubs representative. The Idea mel with the approval of the governing body of the turf, aad Frank K. Bturgis, rhairaaaa of the lireeding bureau, with an appropriation at his com marid. begun :t campaign which up to March 1 has result d m the acquisition of ninetei n mares, all of which are sound and capable of throwing good hornet. The number will be iucrcused from time to time, the association having announced its ability to can- for 200 or more. Of til • nineteen mares already ol tained. sixteen were acquired by purchase. Dr. llagyard. a well-known expert in Kentucky, was entrusted with their selection. It was Dr. llagyard who bought many of the Fnglish mares which have made thoroughbred history of late years, having selected those that the lai Marcus Daly had at Hitter Root Farm at the time of his death. Two were donated by C. K. c. Fillings from his Curls Neek Farm in Virginia, and ..11c by John Sanford from the Hurricane Stud. Amsterdam. N. Y. The mares are of varying type, seven being clean thoroughbred, while five are by the registered trotting stallion Kavalli by Kremlin. 2:07 14. a onetime champion and 1 imseU the possessor -f much thoroughbred blood through the female line. The dams of these five ssarss are ail thoroughbreds. one of the mares donated by Mr. Hillings is with foal by the Harvester. 2:01. the champion trotting stallion, while the other is with foal by Eton, 2:211-2, a splendid specimen of the Orlofl breed. lour id the thoroughbred mares are by Omaha, a son of imported Watercress, which was a stake winner in England ami wis brought back to this country to lead the Montrose Stud. Those who have seen the nineteen mares pronounce them ideal mites for snefa horses as Wonder Roy. Merr. Task. Boau-coup. Water Color and Shot Gun, all of which arc-in the Genesee Valley.
