The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-20
"A Horseman" in Communica.
ton to Times Takes Up
the Matter.
WANTS INTERNATIONAL TO
OFFER PURSE FOR EVENT
In Which s.Year-Olds Would be Eligi.
ble-Conditi0ns Here Excellent for
Raising of ADMINISTRATIVE That
There Would be q Full Field Such
as Suggested.

The promotion of light harness
breeding in North Dakota is the sub
ject taken up by "a Horseman" in
a communication to the Times. The
article is good one, full of meat and
is as follows:
Why not promote light harness
breeding in North Dakota?
This question, it seems to me, is
one that ought to be brought before
the public and after looking into the
conditions it can easily be seen why
this should be given consideration.
We have one of the greatest states
in the union in which to breed and
raise the light harness horse. (.
mo where in the world do they
raise a better grade of oats than In
this state or a better grade of natural
wild hay. Both of these products are
full Of all the mineral salts and ma
tural gases which are essential to the
building of bone and muscle in the
horse, these products obtaining these
qualities from the sub-soil. Did you
ever notice how colt will grow and
thrive after being brought from some
other state to ours? I have never
seen an instance where they failed
to do WE'LL Have you ever noticed
how many horses who have gone fast
On the east over mile tracks have
gone as fast or faster over our halt
mile tracks or the Manitoba half mile
tracks? will just name few of
the many who have done this. There
are George s." Susie S." Harold
H." Harry o." Democracy" Oar
Ky" "Baby Kid" milo" 'silvione,"
"Joe Interest" and many others
could name but which are suffici .nt
to illustrate and prove my assertions.
Just look over the marks of those
horses in the east on mile tracks and
then look and see what they have
done over our western half mile
tracks. then you will see that what
I am talking about is pretty nearly
right.
I'VE have the finest, healthiest cli-
mate In the world for man and beast.
No where do they have such fine,
bracing, dry air as in North Dakota
and while will admit that we have
some hard winters, yet as a horseman,
l will venture to say that one need
not miss ten days that he cannot jog
his horses during the entire winter.
l speak from experience as l have
two horses that have hardly missed
that many days in all this winter,
which has been about as hard WIN
ter as we have ever experienced. On
top of all this they have not once
had a cough, and they are as smooth
as any horse could be. Further 1 do
not believe this to be my experience
alone but believe that most any horse
man in the state could tell you about
the same thing.
III what I have said is true, or II
Just part of it be true, why do we
have to 60 east to buy our fast har-
ness horses? The only reason that
I can give is that no attention has
been given to our youngsters. Why
does not the International Racing and
Fair association and also the other
racing associations of the west hang
up a purse for youngsters, for three
year ODDS ct least, separate class
for the trotter and PAGER, hobbies
barred? They need not hang up q
$1,000 purse or even q $500 purse,
for the breeder or raiser of q colt
does not care % much for the value
OF the purse as the honor and glory
Of seeing his y0ungster going out and
winning It. What more exciting OF
prettier sight 10 there than 10 sec q