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 . . . , 1489 

 Total number of foals produced . . . 1071 

 Percentage of mares with foal to those bred . 71.22 

 Highest percentage of mares with foal any one 

 Lowest " " " " 



Maximum period of gestation (days) . 

 Minimum " " ".. 



Average " " ".. 



Maximum weight of colts at birth (Ibs.) . 

 Minimum " " " . 



Average " " " . 



Maximum weight of fillies at birth " . 



Minimum " " " . 



Average " " " " . 



Average growth of foals at birth . . 

 During first year (Ibs.) . . . 



" second year " 



" third year " 

 fourth year " 



Total at end of fourth full year (Ibs.) 



1101.73 



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