RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



BREEDING STATISTICS. 



There is no place in the world where records are more care- 

 fully kept than at Allen Farm. The breeding statistics for 

 fifteen years, 1889-1904, are instructive: 



Total number of mares bred 

 Total number of foals produced 

 Percentage of mares with foal to those bred 

 Highest percentage of mares with foal any one 

 Lowest 



Maximum period of gestation (days) 

 Minimum " " " 



Average " " " . 



Maximum weight of colts at birth (lbs.) 

 Minimum " " 



Average " " 



Maximum weight of fillies at birth 

 Minimum 

 Average 



Average growth of foals at birth 

 During first year (lbs.) 



" second year " 



third year " . 



" fourth year " 



Total at end of fourth full year (lbs.) 



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1489 

 1071 

 71.22 

 year 90.38 

 58.1 

 373 

 319 

 340.2 

 152 

 66 

 llOi 

 144 

 74 

 100.2 

 100.73 

 534 

 264 

 118 

 76 



1101.73 



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