"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



barren year after year." Then he proceeded to say that 



in forming his new stud he retained the best young 



mares from his training stable, and those he purchased 



were young, untried, and obtained at reasonable prices. 



Democrat and Caiman, his two winners of the Middle 



Park Plate in England, were from mares of no previous 



reputation. 



He also had an idea that a brood-mare should be bred 



while young. "I noticed," he remarked, "that many of 



the mares I purchased and which had been raced until 



they were six or seven years old, were bad 



serya tons ^^n^^^^s when they had foals. I noticed, on 

 on Breeding •' 



the other hand, mares that were bred while 



young were good milkers. I have often thought it 



would be a good plan to breed mares when they were 



three years old, and by that means develop the milk 



veins before they had matured and lost their flexibility. 



It might be better to breed them as two-year-olds for 



that purpose, without regard to the first foal— you 



could n't expect much of him, but it would open up 



the veins and help the milking for future foals. Of 



course, there is the objection that by doing this we 



would be unable to train the filly and would never know 



whether she had any racing qualities. I had rather 



breed from a mare that had raced, but we can't have 



everything." 



Speaking of sales of yearlings as late as 1893, after 



his return to racing, Mr. Lorillard said he had often 



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