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BREEDING SEASON PRESENTS PROBLEMS. Owners ct Broodmares Considering: Best Way to Utilize lafasioa of New Biood in This Country. "A: the breeding season is rapidly approaching. uwaen of tiK.raiuiiine.i taaodanaica .-;;•• aaxtaasly en -i.leriiig what ciubiiialiou oT lloo.l lilies will predate the fatare great aaaa that will dominate th.- turf in years to come." wrote Charles F.. Biaai-niaii a while back. • »!■ account of the Barapeaa war English and French breeders were eaaapeBed to sell to Amerieaa bayeia valuable becri that would not ordiaarit be upon the market at all. Therefore the importer* have in a manner raatatad to tile breeding iatereata of this country a Rubotaatial .■...li.iiiiie aaaet, to partly repair the damag* aaaa when the race tracks were dosed up and our that oiigiii.r.-.is were nece* arily expelled from the United States. It is an accidental revitaliaatioa of the breed that makes a condition here aaMMg the breeders at this time, for Which ever. goad citi/.-u Interested la horses ah. ul.l feel thankful and highly gratiii.-d. While the raase is to he deplored, tit-result will be to itrengtbea and improve the heroes r . ii.:i. Breeder! wfli ditl.-r as to the heat way lo utilize this abundant iafaama of new Id 1 of ■ndoabted value ami ililVerent IbtOtlCl will be advanced, some by men that never owned or bred a race horse, lmt li.ni- fads, pre .indices and opinions that they would like to 008 some one . tee deni-ui strate. The Imported horses are deservedly popular and are faahhmahty bred, but they will not all succeed. It take* more than padtgreea. There must ajae he the perfect potent bene as an individual. Only an Occasional Imported Sire Ensures. "Of all of the imported sires, recent and remote, it is only an occasional sire whose name and fame endures. Boomed, Gleneoe, Leamington. P. ban Charlie and a few of that efatae stand out like patricians of the tuif. while others, loudly heralded, are forgotten. The pedigree of Prince Charley is OO-peciaBy interesting. It would be difficult to take the Stud Hook and pick out among all of the names and arrange tin in in any conceivable manner a Combination ot blood lines more desirable. His four great-grandaiothera, Peeahoataa, Qoeea Mary. Crucifix and I daaghter Of lo, which traced ba -k t PnmeBa, mado an exceptioaally rare lateimiagUng of valuable ldoo.i the most famous mares in the Stud Book ami til.- found. it I. .a CO. uei- OOOBM of the Baglteh turf. "A limited iiiimber of sires seemed to have been ae.i-.s.-ent in potemy in each succ.ssive generation, win tiler through the male or female line, and these tamilies vill not be overlooked by the successful brecdi r. We must not forget that the old, hard-l.i.tlom. d, vigorous American families are seco.nl to none. Tin- families of Levity, ltalloon. Miss Obstinate. Maid of the Oaks. Magnolia. Oallopade and others of that character have produced winners on all race tracks in every country where races are run. and ropreaeatatire mares of these old American families, judiciously mated with the newly imported sires wilb race records behind them, will no doubt continue to reproduce winning offspring. Successfully Advocated and Used Reverse System. "Many of our most successful breeders advocated and practiced just the reversal of this system of breeding. The late James II. Keeue was among that number, and to the blood of the great Domino the Castleton Stud was indebted largely for its renown and worth. Domino with three and Commando with four Lexington crosses bred to imported mares that traced back to Reeswing. Pocahontas, Queen Mary, Rronze, Prunella, Martha Lynn, etc., the most famous mares in the English Stud Book, produced race horses that astonished and delighted turf enthusiasts everywhere and proclaimed the fame of Castletou-bred horses over the world. Him-yar, the sire of Domino, was one of the fastest horses ever bred in Kentucky and when he was defeated in the Derby in the spring of 1878 by Day Star, on account of the former being left at the post and then finishing second, was a matter of general regret, for it was conceded by all that he could only have lost by being left. Original of "Worked a Quarter in Nothing." "Numerous stories were told of his extreme speed, and he became more celebrated by losing and running the race he did on that occasion than if he had won. He was said to be the original horse that *Wnrked I oaarter of a mile in nothing. A numl.i r of horsemen were standing out en the track at Sheejtstie.id Bay one morning where I had just worked the 1.1. uk mare latp a fast trial of one mile ■ad an eighth, and we were talking about fast work, when Kill Scully came along and said: You .-11 think that male worked fast, and she did. but I siw Hhayar work a qaarter of a in:..- in nothing. When on Med to toll the story, he continued: They wanted to work Hhayar ■ oaarter of a mil" as fast as he could go early one morning In-fore it was light enough to see the pots ,|K fillet I.V . So tlle.V scut a ■egro caretaker ap to the qaarter post with ■ good hardwood bale stick in his hand and instructed him that when the horse broke and came running to the qaarter post, the negro should hit a board an the fence with his chm a goad, hard blow, and the trainer would start his watch by the sound. The hone went up around the head, turned and broke away, but the trainer did not look at the horse. He was listening for the sound When the club hit the feme. On came Ilim.iar like a bird, and was half a length past the wire when the sound reached the stand, and the trainer could not start his watch because the bore had finished. So that U the reason Hhayar had a reputation down in Kentucky f beating eoaai and running a oaarter of ■ mil.- in nothing."
