The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-05-05
ThOroughbred Blood In Maryland.

Gen. Henry r. Allen, OF the gen.
eral staff OF the army, on behalf OF
the War Department has accepted the
offer of Secretary William p. RIGGS,
Of the Maryland Breeding Bureau, to
give to army officers the services OF
the thoroughbred stations which the
bureau has placed In different points
in Maryland. The Department will
recommend that officers who have
thoroughbred mares will do well to
avail themselves of the opportunity
offered BY the Maryland Breeding
Bureau, inasmuch as the place OF
breeding will be SO near to Washing
ton.
Army officers who have been de-
tailed to look after the interests Of
the government In the purchase OF
remounts for the army are specially
interested in the State OF Maryland,
because of its proximity to Washing
ton, and it is proposed that the Or
ficers charged with this duty shall make
a tour Of the State in the near future
for the purpose OF locating desirable
mares that may be bred to the stall
lions now in the State. Farmers
who have first-class mares Of good
size and conformation with good
blood in them, it is said, can be as
sured Of a ready sale of the produce
II they come up to the requirements
of the army. The Department doubt
less will make experiments looking
to the development of type OF horse
suitable for the army service 10
European countries the governments
have given much time and spent
great deal OF money in perfectlng type
of army remount, and in nearly every
European county the army horses
are far superior to those Of the Unit
ed States.
War Department officials and army
officers realize the inefficfency OF the
army horses OF America. This was
shown in the recent horse show ut
Fort Myer, where the best OF the army
horses were exhibited. In the fore-
word OF the Fort Myer program the
Department called attention to the In
ferior quality OF army horses, and
said that this was due I'D a large meas
ure to the lack Of interest among
breeders, caused probably by anti-rac-
ing legislation which had put a check
upon breeding harses of superior quail
ity.
The Maryland Breeding Bureau ts
cooperating heartily with the govern
ment In the efforts to create q better
type of horse for our soldiers. the
inadequacy of the market supplying
horses for the army was never 30
keenly felt as recently when those who
have to do the purchasing OF remounts
were put to their wits end TO secure
enough animals to equip the soldiers
modified on the Mexican border. lt
Is asserted that the Department mas
the utmost difficulty getting 2,OOO
suitable horses a year, the number
required under ordinary clrcum-
stances. In time OF war the number
required would be hard to estimate.
1t is because of this scarcity OF suit
able animals for remount purposes
that the War Department 10 urging
farmers throughout the country 10 Co
operate with the government
In Carroll county near Clarksvlle
the Breeding Bureau has established
with Louis j. Randall the thorough
bred Stallion Indian Hunter, bred Dy
r.. D. Walden ut the Bowling Brook
Farm, Milford by Talsetto, and Lo-
thario by imported Orlando are IT'D Bal
timore county, the former az the farm
of S. T. j. Blunt, near Granite, ana
the latter with w. G. Oren; wnlie
King Sol by imported Toddington II
az Lothian, Anne Arundel county with
his owner James U. WEIGH The ser
vices Of Bryn Maur, owned by Thomas
Clyde, and now at the Walden farm,
near Middleburg, Carroll county are
also available.