The Glenwood post., 1904-10-29

partment of Agriculture looked with
surprise at this sturdy farmer from the
West, who calmly placed his hat on
the secretary's desk, took sea. and
Informed Lin that he had come down
to help get an appropriation for
breeding. The secretary at first
laughed at the audacity of the propo-
sition, but before the interview was
finished, Grubb had his feet along
side his hat on the secretary's desk
and was calmly propoundiug his plans
while the secretary was walking up
and down the room with his hands
under his coat tails wondering If, aft
er all, it might not be possible.
The next scene was before the agri !
cultural committee of the house. and
again Grubb made a distinct hit.
Backed by the scientific knowledge Of
Carlyle and Secretary Wilson, the
committee at first laughed at the farm |
er, then became interested and finally
promised him what he wanted. There
was fight in both branches of con !
gress, but Grubb finally won out. and
now the plans are made and within a
few weeks there will be located at
the Agricultural college at Fort Col
lins, forty of the finest mares to be
found in the United States. and a
stallion selected out of all the great
horses in this country for the partic-
ular purpose in view.
The Oldest history states that in
the very beginning "God made man
after His own image. Ever since
that time man has been experiment
ing and studying over this greatest of
all work, that of creating life. And
in no branch of this work has there
been displayed more interest than in
that of creating animals Commenc-
ing with the first discovered fact, that
like produces like. careful observation
and experiments have resulted in de-
veloping types of animals intended
for special purposes. Cattle have been
developed along lines that make them
of the greatest value for food. 9th
ers have been developed as milk pro-
ducers. Horses have been developed
for size and strength, for speed or
beauty, and no kinds of domestic an
imal has escaped this manipulation at
the hand of man. Already this work
of controlling the breeding of animals
has reached far beyond the domain Of
theory and is today an exact science.
Acting under authority of congress,
Commission Appointed
DR.. D. E. Salmon, of the Bureau of
Animal Industry, has appointed a
commission to select the horses for
commencing this first great breeding
experiment by the United States gov
ernment. This commission is headed
by Professor Carlyle, of the Agricul-
tural college, who is to have direct
charge of the experiment. Eugene
Il. Grubb, as the father of the idea,
is to be member of the commission,
and number of the most famous
IolsV CAl'l Us III touilll nave Dttu
invi'ed to assist.
The first work to be done was to
make the specifications for the kind of
horse that is to be produced. The
commission has decided that the
horse wanted most is an ideal Ameri
can carriage horse. Some have
termed it an American Coacher, but
this is not strictly correct. A coach
horse is not wanted in this country.
The original coach horse was bred to
draw tie heavy coaches that are still
in use in the old world. They are
very little used in this country. The
American uses carriage or brougham
or light conveyance that will seat
four comfortably. The horses requir
ed to pull such conveyance should
not weigh over 1900 pounds. They
must not be slow and numbering, as a
coacher is, but must he light on the
fee, of handsome, alert appearance,
round barreled body, handsome head
and arched neck. He must have good
feet and trim, we'll bred legs He
must stand not less than 15.2 hands
high, nor more than 1872 hands. He
must have high intelligence and great
style,
The horse that comes nearest to
these requirements is the American
standard bred troter. This type of
horse has been developed from the
thoroughbred, but the development
has heretofore all been aimed to pro-
duce speed above everything else. The
commission has decided, however
that from the American trottiing fam
lilies must come the foundation stock
for the new breed, and all the trotters
in the country will be carefully
picked over to secure those that come
the nearest to the design. They will
he deficient in size and weight, and
in fact will not answer in any partic
ular the specifications of the horse