Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-11
Secretary Simpson, of the Agri-
cultural Board, Gratified With
Breeding Experiments
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN COLORADO
stat. College There Doing Work SINH
lar to That at Ames in Procuring
Special 5rseds-Reduced Railroad
Rates Secured for Forthcoming Iowa
state Fair.
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Des Moines, May 11.-John Simp'
4 son, secretary of the state board OF
agriculture, has returned from a triE
B to Colorado, where he saw the ex-
periiments that are being made in the
breeding Of a type of American car
riage horse the Colorado State Agricul-
tural College, cooperating; with the
United States government just as the
Iowa State Agricultural College al
Ames is cooperating in the breeding OF
new type Of draft horses that will
IS especially adapted to the uses OF
X the American people.
The experiments in Colorado have
L, been carried on for two years now and
{ the first colts are two-year- olds, which
Il gives an opportunity, and the first OPP
portunity, to see something Of the pos
stble results. After looking over the
4 colts there Secretary Simpson has be-
|. come more firmly convinced than ever
Of the ultimate success of the efforts
both at Greeley, Col, and at Ames,
Iowa
s'Nothing was lacking to convince one
lsoS the ultimate success OF the venture
but to see those colts" said Secretary
Simpson today. 1.-THE experiments out
4 there are to get an American type of
coach horse. The German and French
i coach horses lack style and adaptable
& ity alike. They are not up to the
standard demanded by the American
people. There has been much fraud
J about the whole coach horse business
In this country and many so-called
i coach horses are in reality horses of
another breed in reality which happen
to conform to the coach horse type,
4 but which when bred will breed back
to the original type from (which they
+ came.
'.The government out there is using
Thomas w. Lawson's Glorious Nhun-
der Cloud, as the stallion for breeding
purposes. Most OF the mares used have
been secured In Kentucky. The first
i colts are now two years old and the
& Colorado college and the board that
{ has in charge the experiments is now
searching for another stallion for the
further experiments. Professor Cur
the board that has general superintend-
ence OF tho experiments. One of the
! things that prophesies the future sue
/ cess Of the experiments is the fact that
two Of the mares used were purchased
i from q coach horse breeder in Mon
tana and after the purchase dropped
colts from other horses. These colts
I are now At the experiment station and
when compared with subsequent colts
from Glorious Thunder Cloud show at
once the results Of the work.
There is now being conducted by
those having in charge these expert
ameaits q thorough search Of the pedi-
4 gree records down in Kentucky. The
efforts are to find horses that repro
duce themselves in breeding and horses
that are Of the right type. It Is COM
parativeiy easy thing to find coach
horse that is OF the right shape, size
and action that is perfect coach
horse to drive to q coach, but not so
easy to find one that will produce a
perfect coach horse in breeding.
This breed OF coach horse must
come essentially from the trotting
breeds Of horses, and the essential
thing Is to get new breed estab-
liShed so that It will always breed
true to the type desired. In searching
the pedigree records down in Kentucky
the effort Is to find horse that will
10 true to the type desired and that
has come from q line of ancestors that
has been bred along that line. They
have found one such horse, but the
nwner refuses to part with it or even
70 loan It. Probably $4,000 would not
buy It, burt some way out Of the diff
f9cuIty may yet be discovered. The
great Difficulty in the future for some
time to come will be to find other
horses of the worth Of Glorious Thun-
der Cloud.
"The efforts up at Ames are for
producing a draft horse. The original
purchases Of horses was only made
last year, but since seeing the success
OF the efforts out in Colorado am
convinced OF the ultimate success Of
the efforts here more than ever be-
FORE
Excursion Rates for State Fair.
Secretary Simpson, has also been in
Chicago, where he attended the meet
ing OF the transportation committee Of
the American Association of Fairs and
dispositions. The committee accom-
plished two things. 1t will get reduced
rates to the fairs as It did before the |
two-cent fare laws went Into effect |
and It will get a concession for the
shippers Of exhibits.
The matter Of excursion passenger /
rates was taken up with the Western
Passenger association and while an |
absolute promise could not be obtained
til the next passenger association |
meeting. It Is believed by the commit
tee that the old concession will be OBJ
tAined Of cent and half mile
Heretofore the railroads have given !
to the shippers of exhibits to state |
fairs concession in that the exhibits |
were returned free of freight charge
This. however, has not been Of great |
benefit and in most cases Of no benefit |
70 the shippers because Of the fact |
that the shipments are not returned |
directly to the place shipped from, but |
are sent on to the next state fair or
exposition. Most Of the big breeders
OF live stock take the stock on a cir
cuit OF the state fairs and big EXPOSE
lions. The railroads operating west of
the Missouri river have been in the
habit Of giving half fare freight rate
on expeditions when the ownership of
the property does not change and the
trunk line railroads taking in