Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1908-11-19
FOR BETTER HORSES

o,+ IN foot which VIII, when
~ .,,Ead out, do much to encourage
',,,ebreeding in the state, as we'll as
,,no an interest in the production
..o host type of all the different
,.osds of horses.
That conditions exist here which
ocuIiarlv adapted to produce in
horses, bones of unequaled hard
80 unsurpassed wind, and a consti-
linn of the very highest quality, is
:, accepted fact. With all these nat
- conditions in our favor it is of
=. utmost Importance that we breed
s,o, class that will contribute these
,,.Iitips unimpaired in order that
...sa favored conditions may be allow
an contribute Handicapped towards
.. induction of the highest type pos
5bre in the Montana horse.
It is proposed to secure from the
,vt LEGISLATURE, a stallion law pro-
-;3inc for the licensing by the state
fall stations and jacks stood for
,rbIic service. The object of such
rsr being to guard against fraud in
tso matter of pedigrees; to assure the
m5Iic by this license that when an
animal is licensed it is ali that it is
claimed to be both in regard to breed
mj registration; and further to pro-
vide that all stations and jacks shall
he free from hereditary and transmits
sible unSOundness.
Attention might be called briefly
to the fact that not only are such reg
uations enforced in England, Germa-
nv and France, but so active is the
interest of the governments in some of
these European countries that animals
Of particular merit are subsidized by
the government in order to retain
them at home for breeding purposes.
So general is the Importance Of the
question of soundness becoming in
England and Scotland, that it is i'm
Rative that any animal shown in the
English show ring shall be pronounced
absolutely sound by a competent vet
einarian before being permitted to
enter the ring.
In our country several states have
already in operation stallion laws
which are doing much to prevent
fraud in the matter of pedigrees, and
Is also doing a great deal of valuable
work in eliminating unsound breeding
ANIMALS which have been doing untold
harm to the breeding industry within
their borders. Pennsylvania, Utah,
Wisconsin and Minnesota all have
laws Of this character and the inte-
rest and support they receive is daily
growing as their value in improving
ae type Of horses is being demonstra-
ted.
during the past few years, a great
lumber Of stations have been impor-
"' INTO this state by the enterprising
"'Senen of the state, who are doing
aoch to develOpe type of Montana
1'l' and driving horses. These men
'Oo'u receive che support and protec-
~on which such legislation would ex-
'''a Them. 1t would prevent us secur-
ANIMALS which are being elimina-
" from Other states by reason of IN
"4ionesS or misrepresented breeding
~ would In few years place the
voc breeding industry in the high
'''' mat 1t Justly merits.
"S fact well known that this and
'' western states are becoming the
p"lg ground for many inferior an
~'lS which legislation of this charac-
q has driven out, as we'll as many
ulerlor specimens that are SO
" Known in the communities in
"iey are reared that they have
i, given fraudulent pedigrees and
imported or pure bred horses.
PpOr' Is needed in this endeavor
49,, lure none but the best individuals
y. ''ent breeds of horses for this
n.,', and to eliminate as rapidly as
a. - the scrub and the cripple