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RACING TESTS NECESSARY Such Was Impression A. B. Hancock Intended to Convey in Recent Speech in Chicago. A. B. Hancock, the eminent Kentucky breeder and a recognized authority on the thoroughbred, writes from his home in Paris, Ky., saying that the excerpts from his talk in Chicago before the Horse Association of America and printed in Daily Racing Form of December 21 did not convey the impression he meant to give. He calls attention to the fact that after mentioning two endurance tests of over 300 miles had been made during the last year, he stated "that both were won by thoroughbreds and that the six placed horses in the last one carried an infusion of thoroughbred bjood in their veins. Mr. Hancock was misquoted in another part of his speech, the sentence, which was printed, "It is a significant fact that of all the breeds in the early days only three have come down to the present time in unbroken male descent," should have read, "It is a significant fact that of all the STALLIONS of all breeds used for breeding race horses in the early days, only three survived these tests, to come down to the present time in tail male descent." "What I tried to show all through the talk," Mr. Hancock said, "was the necessity of race course tests for the improvement of all light breeds of horses."
