THOROUGHBRED HORSE BREEDING.

Northern Advocate, 3 October 1913, Page 2

THOROUGHBRED HORSE BREEDING.

IN THE ARGENTINE.

As showing the wonderful pro-

gress of racing and the thoroughbr,eeti horsfe breeding industry inj Argentinea during the last twenty years, Mr H. G. Cutler gives some

instructive figures in the "Thoroughbred Record" concerning the annual sales of, yearlings at the. Palermo Hippodrome. ,

In 1893 ninety yearlings realised a total of 11,385 soys, or an average of 126 soys per. head. The sales stead-

ily grew, and in 1904 170 yearlings getched a total of 66,790 soys, yielding an average per head of 393 soys. In the next year there was a big jump, 272 youngsters fetching an aggregate of 118;560 soys (average 4336 soys), and year by year since then, subject to slight fluctuation, there has been a substantial increase, until in 1910 the record number of 483 yearlings were sold for 308,720 soys, the average price being 659 soys.

According to Mr Cutler the highest price fetched by an individual yearling in the Argentine was 5765 soys., given for one by Val dOr, while two youngsters by Diamond Jubilee realised respectively 4716 soys. and 4192 sbvs. It is no wonder, in view of the big money to be ] won out there on the racecourse in. the shape of stakes, with racing] practically all the year round, and the long prices fetched by yearlings, that Argentine breeders like Senor M. A. Mar tine de Hoz (owner of Craganour), Senor I. Correas (owner of Diamond Jubilee), Senor Carlos Laro (owner of Jardy), Senor Unzue (owner of Val dOr), and others are ready' and willing to give enormous sums for British bred stallions.