CHAPTER VII 

 THE RANCOCAS STUD 



The colt that for a stallion is designed, 

 By sure presages shows his generous kind. 

 Of able body, sound in limb and wind, 

 Dauntless at empty noises; lofty necked. 

 Sharp-headed, barrel-bellied, broadly backed. 



Dryden. 



WHILE Mr. LorlUard was always a liberal pur- 

 chaser, he considered It a greater honor to win 

 with horses of his own breeding. Accordingly, he 

 founded his Rancocas stud at Jobstown, Burlington 

 County, N. J. In doing so, he showed the true feel- 

 ing of a turfman. Nearly all our Eastern men, upon 

 embarking In the breeding of race-horses, have been 

 Induced to locate In Kentucky, Tennessee, California, 

 or some distant point where they seldom see their stock 

 more than once In a year, or the produce until as year- 

 lings they are brought East to be trained. This has 



always been the drawback to racing In New 

 th B York In that the only genuine Interest has 



been In the produce as winners of races. 

 With their stock thousands of miles away, owners 



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