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Successful Families, 1910. 



If the figures of these horses, which won over £6,000 

 during 1910, are examined, the figure system is again 

 triumphant. They are as follows : — 



The Running famihes again came well to the front, while 

 the half-brothers, Bayardo and Lemberg, had much of the 

 blood in the three immediate preceding generations, as has 

 already been shown above. 



If the sires of these same horses are taken into considera- 

 tion the weight of the scales is again in favour of Bruce 



The especial value of the No. 3 family as sires is here 

 emphatically shown. 



A very important point in favour of our breeders is that 

 foreign countries do not seem able to maintain the vigour of 

 the breed without frequently revivifying it by fresh importa- 

 tions from the British Islands, and thus a constant market 

 is maintained for our surplus stock, even if they do help 

 themselves rather plentifully to our choicest specimens. 

 As an example may be quoted the list of winning stallions 

 in the United States, during the past year, 1910. Of the 

 first twenty, nine were imported from Britain ; and one was 

 of English blood, though imported from France. The dams 

 of six more had been brought from England ; and one of 

 these stallions was by an imported English sire. The 



