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REGARDING VALUE OF THOROUGHBRED Favorable Comment by Sporting Intelligence of London, England John E. Madden Is Praised. Commenting on the fact that the English gorern-ment had allowed racing to be resumed for a short period and that the news was received with general satisfaction, Sporting Intelligence of London, England, prints some comment concerning racing conditions ain this country. The paper quotes Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux, M. P.. as writing to the Daily Sketch as follows: "After the race for the Kentucky Derby on May 11. Governor Stanley, in the presence of 30.000 people, hoisted the Star Spangled Banner. He then said: AAe are prepared to defend that flag in any country on earth and when we do so we go with the greatest creature God erer made, except woman the thoroughbred horse. No man in the furrow or in the trench is doing more to prepare us for the victory that is coming than the horse breeder. "The Kentucky Derby was won by Omar Khayyam, an English bred horse, bought as a yearling at one of Messrs. Tattersalis sales. His grandsire was the mighty unbeaten Irish horse. Barcaldine, and his dam a daughter of the great English horse Persimmon. This, in America. AVliat encouragement do breeders find iu England? The horse breeding industry is being ruined by the apparent inability of the government to make up its nlihd on what is in reality a simple question. Racing has nothing whatever to do with the war. "Mr. John E. Madden when he saw the proclamation of his majesty the king in reference to the use of oats and other grain in the feeding of horses at once wrote to the editor of the Rider" and Driver New York offering to start a fund for the sending orer a shipload of grain for the English thoroughbreds and a subscription of 0,000. This handsome sum has been duplicated by August Belmont and the offer seems to be well on the way. AAhat. however, is of more importance than the sporting offer itself is Mr. Maddens masterly review of the situation. Mr. Madden points out that the English-thoroughbred is the foundation oh which the American horse has been built up and he points out that if permitted to become depleted br star-ration the breed would probably be lost for" future generations, as it could never be fullr restored. In other words, if the. English thoroughbred were to drop out the loss would bu more than national. It would bo universal."
