The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-17
MOVEMENT TO BETTER BREED
AND QUALITY.
H0RSEMEN INTERESTED
r. W. Clark, Secretary Of the Mon
tana Horse Breeders Association
Writes Interesting Communication
on Subject.

Of the Montana Horse Breeders ass
citation, has written a very interestin
paper to The Gazette, in which h
gives his views on the question /,
horse breeding in Montana. Mr.. Clar
" %conversanA with conditions and ii;
views on the subject will be Of int:
est to the horsemen Of the state.
Mr.. Clark advocates the eliminate
OF unsound animals from the breet
Ing stables, that the Montana hors
may attain the highest standard G
perfection.
His letter follows:
There is at the present time
movement on foot which will, whel
worked out, do much to encourag,
horse breeding in the state, as wei
as develop an interest in the produc
tion of the best type of all the differ
ent breeds OF horses.
THAT conditions exist here which
are peculiarly adapted to produce in
U horses, bones of unequaled hard
ness, unsurpassing wind, and a consti
tuition of the very highest quality is
an accepted fact. With all these nat.
ural conditions in our favor it is OF
the utmost Importance that we breed
from q class that will contribute these
qualities unimpaired in order that
these favorable conditions may be al.
lowed to contribute Handicapped to.
wards the production Of the highest
type possible in. the Montana horse.
ut is proposed to secure from the
next legislature, a stallion law pro.
viding for the liscensing by the state
Of all stations and jacks for public
service. The object Of such a law be-
ing to guard against fraud in the mat
ter OF pe~digrees; to assure the public
by his license that when an animal is
licensed it is all that it is claimed to
be both in regard to breed and regis
tration, and further to provide that
all stations and jacks shall be free
from hereditary and transmissible un-
soundness.
Attention might be called briefly
to the fact that not only are such reg
ulations, enforced in England, Ger
many and France, but so active is the
interest Of the government 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.
generally is the Importance Of the
question Of soundness become in Eng-|
land and Scotland. that It is impera-
tive that any animal shown in the
English show ring shall be pronounced
absolutely sound by a competent vet
before being permitted to
enter the ring.
I'm our country several states have
already in operation stallion laws
which are doing much to prevent
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
larm to the breeding industry within
heir borders. Pennsylvania, Utah,
Minnesota all have laws Of
his character and the interest and
support they receive is daily growing
Is their value is improving the type
Il horses is being demonstrated.
During the past few years, a great
of stations have been import
ID into this state by the enterprising
lorsemen of the state who are doing
much to develop a type. Of Montana
raft and driving horses. These men
hould receive the support and pro-
ection which such legislation would {
xtend them. 1t would prevent us. Sc
uring animals which are being elm
mated from other states by reason
I unsoundness or misrepresented
reeding and would in a few years
hce the horse breeding industry in /
he high place that it justly merits.
1T is a fact we'll known that, this
nd other western. states is becoming
ne dumping ground for many infe. :
lor animals which legislation Of this :
.haracter has driven out. as well as !
lany other inferior specimens that Z
reared that they have been given =
'audulent %pedigrees and sold as i'm =
orted or pure bred horses 8
I'VE want support in this endeayor 2
secure none but the best individ- :
ais of different breeds of horses for =
lis, state and to eliminate as rapidly y
possible the scrub and cripple from .
le stud. The admirable and unex- q
,lled advantages at our command .
If used in conjunction with the .
CHEST class of horses obtainable,
We a prominence to this common =
ealth in the production of all types =
horses that will rebound both to =
e credit and profit OF the breeder" u
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DIVORCE INDUSTRY STlELED.