The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-13
STANDS BY HORSE
Stock Breeders Take Issue
With Mr.. Monsees.
He Advocated Use of Mules In
stead of Horses.
THE LIGHT AND HEAVY
Il. /. Lee, of Topeka, an Advo-
cate of Former.
Horse Will Soon Be Used Only
for Pleasure, He Says.

The second day of the fourteenth an
nual meeting of the Kansas Stock
Breeders association was full of events
of interest to the members of that or
ganization. Many instructive and in
teresting papers were read before both
the afternoon and the evening meet
ings and in some cases the discussion
following the reading of these papers
was very spirited. This was particu-
1arly the case after the address of L.
NJ. Monsees, of Smithton, Mo-. presi-
dent of the Missouri and Kansas Jack
and Mule Breeders association, in
which Mr.. Monsees made the statement
that for farming purposes the mule
was to be preferred to the horse and
that the money to be made in the bust
ness of raising mules and jacks was
unlimited. The majority of the MEM
bers who We're present at the meeting
of the association were in favor of the
horse and consequently when Mr..
Monsees sat down there were many
who were more than willing to take
the floor and speak in opposition to the
statements that he had made.
At the morning session of the present
meeting of the Stock Breeders associa-
ton, the time was given over to men
who are interested in the raising of
hogs, but in the afternoon the horse men
1nO0OpolZeQ the ulSCuSS1On+ ROBERT l.
Lee, q Topeka horse man, read a paper
entitled Light Horses and Immediate
ly afterwards Colonel J. w. Robson
of Ell Dorado took the floor and ad
dressed the members of the association
on the subject of Draft Horses" Each
of the men had his supporters and after
both of the papers had been read there
followed a discussion on the relative
merits of the two different classes Of
horses. Some said that the light horse
q nj 4 n,
be preferred to draft horses for both
farming and other purposes. Other
members were Of an entirely different
opinion and said that for farming pur-
poses no other horse but the heavy horse
was to be considered. Mr.. Lee said:
The smaller specimens of the cross
breeds are in great demand for polo
ponies, and, in fact, there is not thing
horse IS used for except as a runner
on the race track, and to pull heavy
loads at slow gait and to breed such
horses from. but what the standard
bred and his crosses have the first call
This leads up to the inevitable con-
clusion that the future of the standard
bred horse is more sure than the future
of any other breed of horses. For he
IS an animal which, by reason of
fne disposition and a plant individu-
ahty' can be adapted to more uses for
the pleasure of man and womankind
than can any other breed of horse. and
i opine we are at an age when the only
use that soon Will be found for a horse
Will be for pleasure or speed. The
standard bred horse has these uses. and
they can never be superseded by arti-
fetal power
The standard bred, as time ad-
VanceS, VIII be improved in his general
1hdlVlduahty, IN which direction there
IS plenty of chance for Droerassion ne
Will probably be divided into two dts
unct types-that of the race horse and
fhat or the show ring variety: the one
OF the greyhound pattern. exciusiveIv
for speed and fast road work ava az
other a round, full-nade hieb - frlT
KIND, such as today fill the hill for
snow, carriage and walk. trot and
canter saddle horses o' anu
-, on the other hand, Col Robson. of
III noFauo. gave his experience in the
raising of draft horses. In his discus
sion OF heavy horses Mr.. Robson 70
ferred to Percheron horses in nartfc-
dlar lie said that this breed of horses
tiau oIlslhaliy come from France hui
that just as good types of this breed
could now be raised in Kansas a,,c7 a.
west as IN France He said that he
had no doubt but what the time 1,-as
not Tar off when the demand for
supplied by Kansas breeders NJ 81,
ison also stated that money. invested y,
this breed of horses would brine egoo5
returns. rs 5o0d
The programme that had been ar
RANGED loF lhe afternoon session called
io 9 Two papers on the subjects of Sad
die Horses" and Cavalry Horses y Aha
former by J. w. Bell. Of Topeka. and IND
the latter by John ]. Boniface. STATION
ed at Fort Leavenworth as a ffrsf len
tenant IN the Fourth cavalry. I. S. A.
able to be present at the meetinor "a
the reading of their papers had to be
postponed. ~ &c
The evening session began at &
o'clock. The programme that was CIV