Editorial Note to Mr. Robert Bunsow's 



Article on 



Inheritance in Race Horses. 



It has been our good fortune to have had several 

 long interviews with Mr. Robert Bunsow. In the 

 racing world Mr. Bunsow is a well-known person. 

 In this country he represents many foreign horse- 

 breeders and the interests of several continental 

 sporting papers. 



His article presents several interesting matters 

 for consideration. In order that we may observe 

 them in their proper perspective two points need to 

 be remembered. In the first place, Mr. Bunsow has, 

 during the greater part of his career, been in prac- 

 tical and every-day contact with all matters re- 

 lating to the breeding of race horses. His 

 statement, therefore, that a certain percentage 

 of errors creep into the Stud Books and Racing 

 Calendars, and the reasons which he assigns for 

 this, are therefore of the greatest value. 



The most serious error, it seems, that is 

 liable to arise in the keeping of the Stud Books is 

 an insufficient attention to the fact that horses in 

 many cases change their coat colour as they get 

 older. In this Avay the divergence of description 

 between the Stud Books and the Racing Calendars, 

 whenever they occur, can be accounted for. Let 



