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HORsi i MPROVEMENT' INRANU.
yarielit-iorae':breelinw deootp In i. rPntee
over 2000 stnllions. of ..whiec: .HG6" werO
thoroughbredo. overt100 Arab; HSSO ,nglo
Arabs. 450 draught: hores. :uid ovopr 2000
Iall-breds--lthe ltter being mostly of tile
Freneh eotih hotsc tyod. ,In addition, t
thll foregoing, over 1400 :stanllions were
"nearoved." and received snbsidi?s from
-he Government for serving mares at
sereialn' fees in different districts.
Beuldes providlng ihese stallions the
SRtate also offQred urlees to the nmount of
over £20.000 as oreolliunls at shows. while
It outered over £50,000 as prizes for trot
ters and thoroughbreds in races. It iu
elaimed that thie Oovernment control of
the hlorse-breeding interests of Frnlre hias
been nroductlve of an Ilmtnuene tmoun t of
Ilneoevelmn Tit. conttle ous ettort tlone
Swtldelttetued ine witbout lhte etthnuteo
tind hllfle tha ioltut necrusn Ilty he mtde
when udividuals aire allowed to fotllow tle
bent of their varied Incltinatons has tv
sulted In the tiuing of cerin Ivoe..s whtlchi
In? time will be ureserved in,lteulityv.
The merely'nomlnnl fees charged breed
eee for the flse of even the greatest of the
stallions owned Ibv thle Goverumneut. and
tile farce elvce Said onuatlly for 2-vaer.
oeld 0 to 11t1 nn tile blanhs In the stutdu.
ereatly Droteote tie succsee of tile ino
dustry as a 'holte. Any bretdter whto saC
ceeds to tuterning out 0 3-vear-otl good
enoutg to aossorcd tbatl t will vte nahl o
gotd erlre for hint, and ttls nattlralle in
vests horse--breedlng ton troenee with a
ncauolre of snabillty not to be found in anyn
Inthe ena•lry.
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