l64 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



tliem, as tbcy have three times as many race-horses in 

 trainin;^. As an iUusLration, take the number of foals 

 dropped annually in Engbmd, to say nothing of 

 France, Germany, Austria, and Hungary, and then 

 wcii^h the chances of a sino^le stable atjainst them. 

 In 1874 England bred 1,G0G colts and fillies, in Ls75 

 bred i,620, in 1876 bred 1628; total Hving foals for 

 three years, 4,85-1. In 1874 we bred in America 336, 

 1875 bred 409, and 1876 bred 604; total living foals 

 for three years, 1,349. Hen^ is a difference of nearly 

 four to one in favour of England. Now, is it reason- 

 able to suppose that America can breed and produce 

 a better or greater number of tirst-cla^s race-horses 

 from 1,349 foals than England can from 4,854 ? Is 

 our stock of sires and brood-mares superior to hers ? 

 I^ocs it look reasonable that we can select a single 

 representative, or a hult'-dozon, send them to England, 

 uiiacclimatized, and beat them ? PanJe, Duke of 

 Magenta, and Uncas will have to meet the best of the 

 foals of 1874, 1875, and 1876; and is there any cer- 

 tainty, and does it not look improbable, judging by 

 public performanes, that Parole can beat such horses 

 as Silvio, four years, who recently gave Start, four 

 3'ears, 22 lb., and an easy bL-ating ; and such horses 

 as Verneuil, Lady Golightly, Julius Ciesar, Pageant, 

 and Ni.rwich, for it is against such he will have to 

 run ? Can Duke of Magenta beat, weiijht for a^-e, 

 such as Jannetto, In-^ulaire, Thurio, and Sefton ? and 

 can Uncas beat Whe 1 of Fortune, Peter, Cadogan, 

 Strathern, Gunner.-.bury, Rti|>erra, Ptayon d'Or, Leap 

 Year, Charibert, and a number of others of almost 

 Cipial merit? That Mr. Lorillard's stable will be sue- 



