Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-04-19
TIE HORSE BUSINESS,
Restriction In Breeding, Selling and Rae
ing IL, The Word.

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no one person should presume to offer
moro than suggestions for general crti
CiGln.
Tt is in this spirit that tho following
suggestions nHo made. They may be
termed crude, ultra radical nnh inlprac-
teal by the many who find it much
easier to attack ideas than to originate
them, but food for thought il presented
here, and il u discussion, out of which
good to tho business shall be crystalIizod,
ensu"s then their purpose will he fnl,
Iled. Systematic restriction should Dc
tho platforui--rc@trlctiUn i'll breeding,
III racing, in Gelling--all under tho an,
Gocratic, arbitrary rule CT Il parent organ
izution.
Now {. word a3 to this organization.
Tho old saw, "Two heads arc better
shan onC, 'npplies very well to indIvid
uals, but not to associated governing
powers, and this parent organization
should be supreme, resembling tho great
secret orders in some particulars, cspo-
oially in that every horseman should be
a momber in good standing to be eligi-
| Bile to its benefits, thus rendering al
| amcnable to wise restraint. As to the
powers of its congress, elective Officers
and committees, and tho details OF it,
control over tho various branches of the
horse business, these are matters better
left for subsequent elaboration, if re-
quircd.
AS to restriction in breeding, it may
be suggested that all stations standing
for service shall bo subject to annual
inspection, shall fill certain require
nonts of breeding, conformation anh
speed, and in addition to the local IL
cense already required shall pay a good
round annual fee to the parent organic
alton for license, which license shall
be a necessary qualification in rendering
their get eligible to registration or en-
try on any membership track.
Each mare when bred to call for fee
of - for recording the fact, an addi
tional $40 to be paid for the recording
Of the foal, if any, and the omission of
either fee to bar tho foal from registry
and right of entry OH amy membership
track.
AS to restriction in selling, it may be
| SGr SotSlC'l liItAu All AuCllOl NttltS DS ull-
der the supervision and control of the
parent organization, it to select Il suit
ablo number of reputable and successful
| firms, i'll various convenient localities,
and appoint them the sole authorized
sale agent, of the business and protect
them by eXpelliny members patroniZiny
wildcat concerns. The firms to execute
bond for the satisfactory performance
OF their functions, to pay an annual IL
consc fee of not less than So, 600 and to
bold sales for members only at such
times and III such places as best suit all
parties concerned 70 issue sale or
transfer certificates of tho first class to
tho purchasers Of only such animals as
the official inspectors shall pronounce
suitable for stud or track use, which
cGrtitic"teS shall be the only means Of
rendering animals thus transferred and
their pr0d,irD eligible to continued reg
is-ry or To ct4try Oh membership tracks.
As to restriction i'll racing, it may ln
suggested ..ut The present organization
divide tho territory into suitable sec
tion&, ASSIGNING each section to one a~,n-
citation and licensing or chartering oniT
such associations as aro thus selected aiIN
protect them by attaching penalty Of
expulsion from ali privileges to all r"r-
tics raring over nonIucnlburship trn"i:a.
IL should exercise y general supory i;.iJil
over the solr"tion Of dates for the an
nual lncrtiu,," to the end that no clash
| ing IN tiatt- ~ icigh boring associations
| may hapU"i, and th"t tho greatest gen
| clal good may BE- subsCrvoI. It's author
| lH"A inspectors Ehould mako annual in
| Ecatl%ulnn and report, after the manner
| OF bank rN1'!lliicrS AS to tho ability Of
each association to pay its advertised
programme, ;.nd if subsequent cnljar-
Ta&Snjcnt shGnid Ohlige any assOciHtluN
u GGlault, H., obligations should lo set
| tl4l ~ fhe parent organization. IT
should strengthen and support the a'SU-
Ciatioli@ by .nttjny aside certain proner-
tion, Ct the largo not income resulting
from the fees previously mentioned 1ur
| the cHtaDll&hnl"nt of great national
stakes to Ao annually contested over
their tracks, for securing favorable la&-
| iSlatiDn and for usn ia other avenu,S
| puillti! ! to tho general advancement OF
| :ho business.
OF course any plan such a. this woul@
DC bitterly opposed by tnUSo who h"yo
| I2cpn oc"uetolncd t. little, il any, H.
| Straint and termed a;ltOcrttic and niiu1S
| hy lncn who MaVo ui>talien liberty 1Ur
| license aud blottei tho word lnodcra-
! ton frOul thcir dictionaries. The fact
romans, however, that the day has gone
| by when ulays!on"tic and undisciplined
| enterprises, whether large or small can
| succeed.
In this case there is practically moth
ing in sight to increase the demand, and
there is 10 surer way to decrease the
supply and equalize the market than to
limit production by placing, as it were,
| high tariff upon it, and SO systematiZo
and restrict every detail Of the business
as to sift out both the human and equine
! charf and present to the world another
successful illustration of tho Survival
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