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1 i 1 ■ I I i ; BETTER ECESE3 PROMISED P.y one of the unexplained workings of nature most of the thoroughbred foals of this spring are fillies, a fact which gives satisfaction to the prudent breeders of the country. The United States once had more than 8,000 thoroughbred dams in the various studs in K.ntucky, Tennessee, California, Virginia, Missouri, New Jersey, Maryland and New York, the states in which most thorough: reds were produced. Their number was reduced greatly during the period of hostility to racing through which the country passed between the years 1108 and 1912. and the recovery has been slow. Mares sold to Argentina, Australia and Europe at that tim. have had to be replaced largely through our own stock, importations from abroad having been almost negligible. The fillies which are coming into the world this spring are the brood mares of to-norrow. The far-sighted breeder who knows their potential value to the bloodstock interests of the country will not murmur because the 1-alance inclines in favor of the femah-s in his stud. As yearlings the young mares will not command as high prices as the colts in the sales ring, but every breeder will share in the general benefit which will be achieved when they are retired from racing to take their place in the bloodstock studs. — New York Herald.
