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HOW THE BIG WINNERS ARE BRED BY EXILE. Thirty-three horses have already this year won, In first moneys alone, upward of 0,000 apiece and of these thirty-three all but iive of them .trace to aIlr.iieei. Lowe, figura..taprot. 01 the, "five? threeof-them Exterminatori Leonardo II. and" General Haig are members of the famous, family of -Maria West. Slippery Elm is a member of the same family as is Spendthrift and the United States Hotel Stakes winner, Nancy Lee, traces to a daughter of Bellair. Each and every one of the first twenty leading sires is a member, of a Bruce Lowe family. In fact, a halt for the figure horses is not made until the name of The Manager appears, which is now twenty-sixth, and The Manager, too, as are Exterminator, Leonardo II.. and General Haig, is a member of the family of Maria West. Indeed, of the first forty leading sires The Manager is the only one which does not boast a Bruce Lowe figure. The same thing holds good for the leading brood mare sires, the first thirty-six of them are all members of a Bruce Lowe family, the thirty-sov-enth offender, Ben Brush, yet another Maria West. Facts such as these must everlastingly convince the thinking breeder that for him the time has come to discard the mare of obscure origin. Only last week a writer on turf and breeding topics gravely assures his readers that next season the breeders will be found availing themselves, if possible, of the services of the first twenty leading stallions, no matter what their breeding. Of course, they will, if lucky enough to secure nominations, and the best, of it is that every one of the twenty are really .well bred, six of them are imported, the sires of five are also imported, as are the dams of sir, leaving but three which are native, if this be the correct term, on both sides of the house. Likewise, of the first forty leading brood mare sires only one of them but what trace to a Brace Lowe family, the thirty-seventh offender being the Maria West horse Ben Brush. The bloodstock breeders of this country are not traveling backward. Their motto is rather one of progression, but there can be no progress if the .use of mares of obscure origiu and of sires of mediocre racing ability is persisted in.
