The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-26
Interesting the Farmer.

IneSe men nave De9un IN earnest 10
win over the farmer to the most up-tO-
date methods of improving his "wn con-
dition as well as the equine products Of
his stock farm. They see every angle
of the breeding industry permit no
dark spots. Everything is Illuminated
by their eageTnes5 to be the real friends
of the horse.
With the reorganization of the Ma
tiOnal Horse Show association has
come the general adoption by the di-
rectors of the Vanderbilt idea-that the
recrudescence Of the horse makes for
great economic problems in the breed
ing farm industry. Judge William H.
Moore, one of the most influential and
enthusiastic of the directors, oDJalnec
more pleasure out of the success that
attended the efforts of the breeders Of
draft animals of the middle west in ex-
hibiting at the last international show
in Chicago than he did in capturing
blue ribbons for his own grand string
of animals. His success Abroad
triumph in its sCOpe-he dismisses with
a smile. While he may not say it,
Judge Moore must know that this has
helped the cause of the national shows
new directory. He is a big factor in the
latter. The VanderbilCs also had i'm
mense successes abroad. Edward Nor
ris, the Chicago packer had the breed
ers of draft animals abroad in the hOl-
low of his hand, figuratively speaking.
so great was the interest create by the
sweeping victories of his intenationl
championship six-horse team.
Big Men at the Head.
The new directory stands for the big
gest men in the country who are
eager to develop the horse breeding in
dustry-tO put il on q plane that it
81 .-s-- s----r
Timan-head of the New York banking
house Of Hartman & Co, and a
nephew of the late +. H. Hartman
saw the racrudesCenCe Of the horse at a
time when society seemed about 10 be
carried away in the swirl of the auto
mobile craze. When asked: What
about the horse and the horse show?''
Mr. Hartman replied that the horse
would have a startling equine tale to
tell to the lover of horse shows-would
retake all the strongholds ne had for
merly held among the people Of wealth,
refinement and social distinction. He
may not have foreseen the edict Of the
National Horse Show association that
for the first time in its history the best
Of the draft animals of the country be
exhibited in Madison Square Garden Is
a big feature OF the pioneer show. He
may not have known that the big men
of the directory would take this action
in 1909 but Mr. Hartman was certain
that the horse soon would be I'm the
ascendency. The stamp of the approval
of New YOrk's best people has been
placed upon the directory's plans. The
farmer IF the middle west has heard
the new call to arms" from Madison
Square-the offer Of $4,000 I'm special
prizes for the display of a million dol
lars worth of Shires, Belgians, Perche- |
rons ana CIydesdaIes," and is now max
ing arrangements to please not only Mr..
Vanderbilt, Mr.. Hartman and their as
sociates of the directory with the novel
exhibit Of draft animals I'm the same
ring with the daintiest saddle and har-
ness beauties of the Vanderbilt. Moore. |
McGrann. Hartman, Watson. Sorg and
other stables, but to make the national |
show as well known in the hamlet as it /
is on the great White Way.
Reginald c. Vanderbilt of Newport. |
z. T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia, Fred |
erick NJ. Davies of New York, Robert