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HAD NO FREAK BREEDING THEORIES German Count George Lehudorf, whose "Horse Breeding Recollections" is considered to be one of the . classics of turf literature, had no freak theories or system of breeding winners, but indorsed the simple rules followed by Lord Falmouth in using none but tried perfoimers "in the stud. He condemned the practice of tlie elder Sir Tatten Sykes, nne of ., the most - extensive breeders qf model n ..times, lit ..allowing his fillies to grow up wild and untried oil tlie turf and selecting such ! pf them as best pleased his eye to keep for breediiig purposes. The outcome was u stupendous failure, Count Lehudorf declared.
