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PLAN PURCHASE OF THOROUGHBRED SIRES. Will Be Placed in Different Parts of California to Encourage Breeding Industry. San Francisco, Cal.. Jan. 2. — Charles W. Clark, piesident of the Golden Gate Thoroughbred Breeders Association, has returned to his home in San ateo after a visit to New York. He was im-l.ressed with the turf revival throughout the Eastern States, and was especially ple.-sed to note the prosperous condition of the breeding industry. Horses are being raised by the hundreds, and the Mood lines are being improved by the importation of English and French bred thoroughbreds. The head of the local breeders association had an opportunity of reviewing the work of the breeding bureau of the Jockey Club of New York. He found that eighty-five stallions have been placed in the State of New York since the bureau was established in 1900. Only one year has passed since that time that expensive additions have not been made to the bureau. That was in 1912. when so many of our choice horses were shipped out of the country and suitable stallions could not be secured. The breeding bureau makes a practice of encouraging the raising of blooded horses of the Inited States Army remount type. The stock is shown at the state, county and district fairs and the Jockey Club has a man employed especially to ji dge and award prizes. In this way the breeding industry has been encouraged and greatly improved. President Clark is naturally interested in the work going on far the Golden Gate Association is working on plans for the purchase of thoroughbred stallions to be placed in the different parts of California. The local thoroughbred enthusiasts realize that it is the proper way in which to revive the old interest of breeding good horses. At one time California was a rival of Kentucky as the home of great blooded horses. The industry naturally went into decline when adverse legislation came. The extensive breeding farms were deprived of the incentive of racing their young stock and the long ship to Eastern States was too expensive. The Golden Gate Thoroughbred Breeders Association is going to the Legislature after the first of the year with a bill for the bringing back of the sport under state control and the pari mutuel form of wagering. The association, which is composed of a hundred of the prominent breeders and horse lovers of the fctata are anxious to bring back racing, with many of the objectional evils eliminated, and in that way encourage the breeding of horses. President Chirk will call a meeting of the association perhaps this week to go over the bill, so that the members can suggest changes and get behind the movement that means so much to the bleeding industry in Cali-lornia.
