The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-24
FOREIGN HORSES
TO Be INSPECTED
Percheron Society of America
Has Laid Down Iron
clad Rule.
THIS TO PREVENT FRAUD
IN IMPORTING ANIMALS
Plan of Great Magnitude Will
Not Go Into Full Effect
at Once.
BY JAMES DoCKERALL.
BY Leased Wire to- The rrihnnn

BY JAMES DOCKERALL
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
NEW YORK, July 23.-Frauds In tho
Importation of horses into America from
| foreign countries led to an investigation
by the department OF agriculture. which.
| In turn, has resulted in the establishing
| of system Of inspection by the Perch
| eron Society OF America for all horses
| brought into the United States Frauds
were reported III connection with the
| importation OF horses for breeding pur-
poses and. II these Irregularities didn't
exist, II was not for the lack Of oppor-
tunity.. More than year ago the secre-
tary OF the American Hackney Horse So
| ciety drew the attention of the board OF
the organization to the lack OF any ade-
quate means for Identifying registered
| stations and mares brought over from
England. and at the last annual meeting
| during the National Horse show of 1909
a committee. of which Alfred G. Wander
oHs was member. was appointed to
| ADDRESS the English Hackney Horse
| ciety In relation to this matter. 1t was
| then the practice of the English society
to issue export certificates for registered
horses sent to America. sometimes with
out stating therein the white markings
which would identify the animals on ar
rival here The Canadian Hackney Horse
requesting that in the future full and ac-
curate descriptions be embodied in the
export certificates. and at the annual
meetings Of the English society. held dur
ing the London Hackney show last
spring, this request was granted,
| Under the regulations of the bureau of
! animal industry. imported stations and
mares. when registered abroad and duly
| registered here In any STUD book recog-
! nlzed by the department OF agriculture.
are admitted FREQ of duty. The fact OF
registration here Is established by what
| Is known as a customs certificate. is
sued by the custodian or compiler OF the
| stud book in which the animal Is regis
| tered In America
New Rule Laid Down.
The Percheron Society of America has
notified the importers that hereafter no
customs certificate can be issued for any
| horse brought over from Europe until
the animal has been duly inspected and
| identified by an authorized representa-
| tive of the society Such inspection will
include a comparison Of the horse with
the French certificate Of breeding. and
required to submit to the secretary of
| the society the official invoice OF the
| horses brought In to enable him to check
| up the number Of horses IN any impor-
| tation. On account of the magnitude of
| the undertaking. no attempt will be made
| to put the plan into full operation at
once. but authority for II now exists. and
1t win be extended as fast as the breed
| ers deem wise and expedient. The Per-
cheron society has further recommended
that the bureau Of animal industry take
|
unsound horses for breeding purposes
and 1t is said that the cooperation of
| the government In this undertaking has
been assured.
Sweep May Not Race.
The, fact that many OF the big stables
are shipping to Saratoga to give their
| horses freshening up before the big
meeting opens there has had little or no
aRSn rSsITg at Empire Esa cty is
| race at Saratoga. The Ben Brush colt
was quite sore, after his victory over his
Wind broken Hindoo Star in the Realiza-
| tion. He fell lame quarter of a mile
from the finish. and perhaps II there had
he would surely have been beaten Nor
was Sweeps lameness after the finish OF
the Realization his first trouble with his
underpinning. He had. on earlier occa-
sons. pulled up proppy after private trials
| II Sweep races in the autumn, Mr.. Keene
and Mr., Rowe will account themselves
lucky. Hilarious has been sent TO Sara
| toga because he has nothing to keep him
at Yonkers. He IS not In the Empire
City handicap. The racing fraternity Will
be rather soIry to lose Hilarious. He is
q horse Of class. and Rowe has him In
first rate condition. He has been beaten
in the Brighton mile by King James and
in the Brighton handicap by oianbala.
But neither Of these defeats carried dis
grace with 1t, King James and Olambala
Brighton because Joe Notter concluded
to try the experiment Of placing him
The experiment was Notter's. Mr.. Rowe
did not give the young man any instruc-
tions, He told Notter to do the best he
could; Perhaps It would be better to
race Hilarious in front after this. He Is
as courageous as the next horse, but he
Is free runner and FREQ runners like to
make their own pace.
Amden Handicap.
Secretary Garrett D, wilson in speak-
ing or coming stakes at Lexington Ky
recently, said TINT tho Camden handicap,
to be run at. the Kentucky associations
Breeders futurity. to be run in the spring
OF 1912, received very liberal patronage
in the matter OF entries. which closed
late the entries" said Mr. Wilson. "but
there are, know. over zoo in the Breed
ers' futurIty l figured that. consider
Ing the way things are going on the turf
nowadays. II we got rs many as $50 we
would be doing well, and that 175 would
s down SE ne h IT. The esusp Sf S e1s
filling in the swampy places near the
half-Inile at the Lexington track would
monty heavy rains. Superintendent Ross
is getting ready u number OF the stables
for horses that will be shipped to Lex
ington from I.atonla to rest up until fall.
and for the yearllngs that will begin TO
come In to be broken about August l.
Within tho next fortnight the betting
AFRO to be made in the office that is used
for the handling of tickets and money for
the parl-mutuel machines
Do They Lack Stamina2
''vigllant." perhaps tho best known
turf writer In England, takes American
horsemen to task, declaring that tho
horses bred on this side OF the Atlantic
lack stamina. Writing in the Sportsman.
the turf critic says: "It is remarkable.
however that horses bred in America
have generally been distinguished for
speed rather than stamina. though there
have been notable exceptions. Tho late
r. Ten Broeck had string of horses
over here many years ago. among which
were included some good stayers. and
Prior. who WAS reputed the hest