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NEW YORK BREEDING BUREAU COMPETITION. The first competition for the Jockey Clubs Breeding Bureau prize of 00 Tor yearlings by a thoroughbred sire was held at the New York State Fair at Syracuse on Wednesday last and was a signal success, nine good specimens from different parts of the state answering the call of the bugle. The competition was the outcome of a desire on the part of the Jockey Club, which has for years given prizes of 0 for the best foals by their breeding bureau sire at the various county fairs, to still greater stimulate the horse breeding industry in New York State. Frank K. Sturgis. the active head of the bureau, arranged to have the competition at tlie state fair, and all foals that had been awarded first, second, or third prizes in 1914 were eligible. The class was judged in front of the grandstand, where thousands of farmers had a good view of the quality of the entries at close hand. In the ring were such experts as Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth, president of the Genesee Valley Horse Breeders Association, an organization which has done splendid work in the region around Mount Morris, Geneseo, and Avon; Lady Reck, who is to judge saddle horses at Madison Square Garden in November; Sir Adam Reck, whose Canadian hunters have won championships on two continents; William Littauer. James W. and Henry Colt, of the "Valley"; Fletcher Harper, of Millbrook; F. Ambrose Clark, of Coopers-town; Louis Waring and S. W. Taylor, of New York; G. L. Stryker. of Derby, and Pierre Loril-lard. Jr.. and W. Averill Harriman, of Goshen. The premier award of 50 was won by an unnamed bay filly by Wonder Roy. n son of Watercress Donna de Oro. by Rayon dOr, loaned to the bureau by August Belmont, and in the stud at "Ashlantee," Avon. This filly, which is owned by C. F. Flynn. or Bast Avon, is fifteen hands high and weighs .SOU pounds at fifteen months. Her dam is a granddaughter of Fleet ioneer, and in her the farmer saw a splendid example of the thoroughbred trotting cross. The second prize of 00 went to Mrs. Herbert Wadsworths chestnut, filly llallali, by Hippodrome out of a mare by Otai. and the next dam by Barrett, a son of Bonnie Scotland. This filly exemplified the three-quarter thoroughbred tvpe. while the third prize-winner. Pattern, by Fashion Plate out of a daughter of General Stanton, owned by W. H. Rarr. of Derby, was another good example of the thoroughbred-standard bred cross. There wasnt a really poor yearling in the baud, and Messrs. Lorilhud and Harriman were so greatly impressed with the general excellence of the class that thev will make application for a breeding bureau sire to stand at Goshen. There are so many good standard-bred dams in Orange County, "the cradle of the trotting horse." that the highest, results would be obtained in that region. As a greater number of mares than ever before were bred during 1915, the future for this competition at Syracuse seems exceedingly bright.
