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T0DDINGT0N NOW BUREAU STALLION. Inquiry Leads to That Discovery After One of His Get Brings ,000 at Auction. Saratoga Springs. N. Y., August 13. When the yearling colt by Toddington Understudy by Star Ruby, was knocked down to Walter M. Jeffords, of Philadelphia, at the Powers-Hunter sale hero on Wednesday last for ,000 inquiry developed the fact that the colts sire is now a member of the m Jockey Club Breeding Bureau and is stationed in M Pennsylvania near the city of Pittsburgh. 4 It is through the distribution of such stallions ns Toddington, not only in the Empire State, but throughout the entire East, that the parent racing body of the United States is doing a service which is going to mean a greatly improved common horse product wherever the influence of the thoroughbred is felt. For many years the Jockey Clubs activities in the line of breeding were confined to this State and the premiums for foals by their sires are offered at the county fairs of New York only. So promising have the results obtained been, however, that, yielding to a call, it was deemed an obligation to render aid in communities in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. It is confidently expected by Frank IC. Sturgis, the chairman of the Breeding Bureau of the Jockey Club, that the success which has been achieved in the Genesee Valley, chiefly through the co-oper- . ation of the Genesee Valley Breeders Association will be duplicated in- other districts in New York State and elsewhere. More than 200 mares have been bred in the region surrounding Avon, which is the headquarters oT the Breeders Association, and the number of good matrons in that splendid grazing country has lately been increased by purchases in Canada, where the thoroughbred has long been recognized as the most potent factor in the improvement, uf all breeds of horses. Recent Acquisitions Prom Western Ontario. The recent acquisitions were secured in Western Ontario, between London and . Ridgetown, and werd financed jointly by the Breeding Bureau and the Genesee Valley Breeders Association. They ate mainly half-breds by such horses as Tupelo, Far-, thing and Philosophy, though one three-year-old! is a daughter of Hassetlaw, an English horse by St. Simon. This filly, which is a daughter of My Maryland Bramble, stands lfi.l hands and weighed 1,150 pounds in racing condition, was secured at Fort Erie race track, and she should found a fnins ily of heavyweight hunters in the Genesee Valley. A .visitor to Avon shortly after the arrival of these mares in their new home found Mrs. Wads-worth, the president of the Breeders Association, most enthusiastic over them. "I have applications for all of them, and they will go to their new homes as soon as they have fully gotten over their journey." she said. "iVni know by our arrangement the custodian of a mare owns the foal and has the use of the mother at moderate work. The only obligation we exact is proper care and feeding. Of course, they must be, mated with a sire of the Breeding Bureau.- We are all proud of the progress our organization has made, and we are looking forward to a big show here oti September 20, when we expect to put forty or more weanlings in the ring. This and the other breeding classes will be judged by exports. We hope to se-i cure the services of Miss Elizabeth Daingerfield. the renowned Kentucky expert, who has charge of the Kingston Stud, hear Lexington. Allan Piakertou, of New York, has also promised to help us out 011 that occasion. , ", "The horse show," continued Mrs. Wadsworth, "is one of the best aids in the establishment of type, and our neighbors at Rochester, through their offering of a special premium for half-bred foals at their show, which will give the first eight aii equal money distribution, have made our task here in the valley much easier. When I made the suggestion last spring that such, distribution would en-i courage the farmers, It was in the hope that it would be taken up some time. It is the method which has made hunter breeding, a success in Eug-t land. Good Foals Bring Good Prices. "Among the good foals in the valley here are two that are clean-bred and both have been-.sold at good prices. They are by Wonder Boy, by Watercress, the big horse which August Belmont so kindly loaned us. The ready sale for thoroughbred foals recalls the fact that it is through the possession of a good clean-bred mare that the farmers of France and England add to their income." The following are the most recent allotments by the Breeding Bureau. Some of the best blood of England and France are -represented and Roderlc-was a. 20,000. yearling. , ... Le Chevesne, bay colt-. 3, by Arc deTriompiie- La Cagonle. Donated by A. K. Macomber. Sent to Dr. It. H. Mackenzie. Pittsburgh, Pa. Peronne. bay colt, 2, by Ossary Orsina. Donated by A. K. Macomber. Sent to Harry W. Shoemaker, McElhattan, Pa. Carmello, chestnut horse, 3, by Star Shoot Miss Granville. Donated by A. K. Macomber. Sent to Maryland Breeding Bureau. Keeper Arthur Hall, Harford county, Maryland. Roderick II., by Desmond Dodragh, by Hackler. Donated by Oscar Lewisohn. Sent to Maryland Breeding Bureau. Keeper-B. W. Fenwick, Green Spring Valley, Md. Henley II.. bay colt, 1915 by Rabelais Hamptdn Dancer, by Hampton. Donated by J. E. Widener, Sent to New York State Agricultural College, Mor-risonville, N. Y. Baffouilleur, 3, by Meddler Ballantree. Donated by Clarence II. Mackay. Sent to Piping Rock; Long Island. Vitellius, chestnut colt. 1912, by Quintette- Wheatley. Donated by John Sanford. Sent to John Hopkins, 414 Lodi street, Syracuse, N. Y.
