The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-09
COLORADO HORSES BEST IN TIE WORLD Breed of Mountains Rivals the
 Arabian Steed NATIONAL TYPE OF HORSE The Climate of Colorado Has Been Found To Give Hardihood to the Animals Which Makes Them
 Superior To Others.
NATIONAL TYPE OF HORSE

Denver Col, March s.-(SpeeialA- Eyes Of horsemen all over the United etates are watch ing the experiments in Colorado of breeding the greatest tvna or horse the world has ever seen. Prof. George Rommell, chief of the burea | or animal industry at Washington. says that the Colorado horse, developed from these experiments, will have T wide fame among future gen erations, rivaling the famed Arabian steed.
 Although the stud was established at Fort Collins. Col, which Is the home or the State Agricultural college, by the United States government, the idea of Congress in making the appropria- tion for it's maintenance was to de- velop national type of horse
 In the two years that the national stud has been in existence some won derful results have been attained, an1 the men in charge are looking forward to more startling results in 1908. Sec retary James Wilson of the federal department of agriculture is taking keen interest in the work this year, and he is a firm believer that the worlds greatest horse is being de- veloped at the national stud in Fort Collins.
 Colorado Is Chosen.
 The choice of Colorado as the state in which to locate the breeding sta tion was made after mature delfbera- tion by experts. These men found that the horse grown in Colorado had bone and sinew much harder and tougher than the eastern or southern horse. Ghe generally warm climate, pure, dry atnospher with a sufficient crisp ness in winter to give hardihood to the animal, are ideal conditions for creating this new horse.
 The American trotter was selected as the foundation upon which to build. Here was found the basis of speed for the harness animal. A superb stall lion was selected that possessed size power. beauty, intelligence and kindly disposition. He was the prop erty of Tom Lawson of frenzied finance fame, who gave the animal to the United States government. The horse was renamed Carmon.
 After two seasons of experiments there are now at the Fort Collins SIuQ oI cOllSs OI Nulcn were 1paiCh In 1906. Some of these creatures show wonderful qualities. Several of the IS months-old colts weigh between 1900 and 400 pounds, and all have speed and action. They inherit the beauty of their father. Only recently Secretary Wilson declared that Alba, one of these remarkable colts, has points of superiority over his sire.
 Horses Lead the World.
 It would seem, in the light of de- at the national stud, that America is to lead the world in the breeding of a perfect horse, and that fame will rival that of Arabia as a breeding ground. It is a far cry from the sands of Arabia to the sands of Colorado, but the swift footed and handsome steed of the eastern desert may, with reason, wear his laurels with uneasiness. The desert of the western world is fast becoming peopled with a class of fair skinned men who scorn the black tert. and who. by sheer force of will, have turned the waters that flow from the onto the sun -parched soil and made it blossom like the rose. Having subdued the desert and built cities and fine homes, they are now bent upon putting their Arab brothers to shame by breeding a horse that will be larger. stronger, swifter and hand somer than any steed that ever carried a sheik across the sandy wastes of his native land.