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one of the most enterprising turfmen of the country, pur- 

 chased him and paid the liberal price of $25,000 for him. 



Halma was a great performer on the turf for a few short 

 months, and then he broke down under the terrific strain to 

 which he was subjected. After becoming the property of 

 Mr. Fleischmann he did not win a race of any consequence. 

 He simply lacked the strength to stand the training. Had 

 he been bred for strength as well as speed, he would have 

 probably been one of the fastest and most successful horses 

 on the turf. He would have earned his owner thousands of 

 dollars and paid for himself a hundred times over. He is 

 now in the stud, and his get are coming to the front 

 through the judicious breeding of the proper kind of mares 

 to him. Halma has the strains of the best blood in the 

 land in his veins, and his progeny ought to further distin- 

 guish him. 



Then there was Lieutenant Gibson, the son of lost Silk 

 Gown. Gibson bade fair to become a grand race horse, for 

 he had it in him to be one, but he lacked the strength that 

 characterized his ancestors. Lieutenant Gibson won the 

 Louisville Derby and then went wrong. He could not stand 

 training. 



These are only a couple of cases that occur to me at the 

 present time, but there are a host of others that might be 

 mentioned. 



Then, on the same point, let us take the case of the 

 mighty Ten Broeck. He was a racer of superior class. He 

 left a record that for many years was unequaled, and there 

 is not a turfman of to-day but remembers of his splendid 

 battles for supremacy over the best horses of his time. Look 

 at his get in the stud. But one or two succeeded. Bersan 

 was a truly wonderful performer, as was Teuton and Ten- 

 stone. 



The dam of Bersan was Belle Knight, a light, agile 

 mare, full of fire and vigor. She was as fast as a flash of 

 lightning and was just the kind of an animal that should 

 have gone to his embrace. Lizzie Stone, the dam of Ten- 

 stone, had the same conformity and was full of speed. This 

 was equally true in the case of Teuton. But, strange as it 

 may seem, Ten Broeck got no others that were above the 



