The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13

army ana more OI lutIls ptttcT HOIScc
for the people of this country and the
world in general is the important sub
ject to which Chief of STAFF, Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood. u. S. A. and George
M Rommel, chief of the Bureau of Ami
mai Industry, of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, are devoting
their talents and their time to produce.
ssss
And the people Of this country who are
furnishing the money to carry on the
project of producing higher type OF
horse for army use, and for the farm,
road, and saddle, have the right to be-
lieye that the work is in good hands.
Gen. Wood is a native of New England,
where good horses have been bred almost
from the hour the Mayf1ower cast anchor
at Plymouth Rock. The Chief of Stan
has served long in the army and should
know by this time what the service
needs,
Mr.. Rommel, a native of Iowa, comes
from a section devoted to the horse, ana
has used his eyes and ears to good pur-
pose. He can count twelve years in the
government service and under Secre-,
tary OF Agriculture, who, all his life, has
lived close to nature, and who has USED
all of his faculties TO good purpose. Mr..
Rofnmel is in the prime of existence; he
has grown into the important niche
which he fills by reason of natural
adaptation for the work He possesses
a knowledge of the needs of the coun-
try and with it enthusiasm in his work
a necessary element of success.
To carry out the plan outlined to inn
prove the remount situation, especially,
the United States Department of Agri-
culture has purchased four Morgan, ten
standard breds eleven American saddle
horses, and nine thoroughbreds. These
stations with four or five Morgans from
the Morgan horse farm and six thor
oughbreds presented to the government
will be available for public service dur
ing the season of 1913. making total
of at least forty-four stations. Local
wishes will be respected. and the breed
of the stallion placed in community
will be that which is most generally pre-
ferred by that community The Nor
gans will stand in Vermont and New
Hampshire. the thoroughbreds mainly in
Virginia, the saddle horses and standard
breds mainly in West Virginia, Ken
lucky, and Tennessee. Furthermore,
every effort is to be made to avoid COM
peting with privately owned stations,
and horses will not be placed in COM
munities which are already well supplied.
Mr. Rommel assures the public that the
government has not spared expense in
the purchase of horses. The first requi-
sites were that they should be good,
sound individuals. and registered in the
proper stud books. Good breeding was
therefore essential. and in many cases
stake and show-ring winners were OBJ
tanned. but no horse was bought solely
because he was race winner or solely
on account of his pedigree.
These horses will be available for pub
lie service on liberal terms. The owners
of sound mares. with a square trotting
gait may breed such mares free OF
charge provided they give the govern
ment an option on the foal during the
wear il is three years of age at $50.
However the government will not hold
the breeder of foal to his option II he
wishes to be released, but will allow him
TO cancel the option at any time by pay
ing the service fee. The fee viii be s20
for mature stations and less for those
under five years of age. In buying the
colts the War Department has agreed
to purchase both mares and geldings.
No service fee will be charged unless
the owner elects to cancel his option.
If the government buys the colt, no fee
is charged: if the colt is offered to the
government and purchase refused, no fee
In charged. Or account of the provision
that the mares bred should be suitable
for the purpose, and therefore il will
be necessary to breed only those which
are free from the following unsound-
nesscs: Bone spaving, ring bone, side
bone. heaves, stringhalt, lameness OF any
kind. roaring, periodic ophthalmia, and
blindness, partial or complete. Mares
must also be free from manifest faults
of conformation. such as CURLY hooks.
mill ha hred AnnrnVa0
mares will be given a certificate OF regis
tration in the Remcunt Brood Mare Reg
lister of the Agricultural Department.
ssss
For the benefit of breeders living east
OF the Alleghenies, we give the stations
> of the following horses. the reader
again bearing in mind that localities
are consulted as TO the types of horses
needed:
Front Royal. Warren County, the
thoroughbred stations Henry of Ma
varre. Octagon, and Denpodus; the saddle
stations Richmond Choice and Victor
Peavine: Gainesville, Prince William
County the thoroughbred stations Gold
Heels Foot Print, Ganadore, and Dandy
Rock; Aldie, Loudoun County, the thor
oughbred stallion Charcot; Harrisonburg.
Rockingham County, the thoroughbred
stallion Jack Parker; Savannah, Allie
ghany County. the thoroughbred stallion
Kind Sir; Staunton. Augusta County,
the thoroughbred stallion Belfry II: Lex
ington, Rockbrdge County, the thorough
bred stallion Boola Boola; Crab Bottom,
Highland County. the thoroughbred stall
lion Single File; Monterey, Highland
County. the thoroughbred stallion Lynch
burg; Mcdowell, Highland County, the
thoroughbred stallion Myles O'Connell;
Fredericksburg, Spottsylvania County, the
standard bred stallion Richford Jay
G3, 2:13 IA.
These stations are now available for
breeding under the plans already out
lined by the department Competent men
are in charge at each of the points
named. Owners of mares should corr
respond with III. II. Reese, in charge
of Central Horse Breeding District.
Front Royal, Va.
The standardized stallion, Richford
Jay, will do service the present season
near Fredericksburg, Va. He is q six
teen-hand bay, by Jay McGregor, POI Ia
recently exported to Russia; dam Ecka,
by Richford Baron. 1851 He is now IN
his four-year-oId form, and horsemen
who have seen the noted three-year-o,d
Badly McGregor, who sold at the same
sale for $4,000 for export to Russia, have
said that they preferred the government
owned stallion for breeding purposes
With slight training last season as a
three-year-old, he was capable of taking
a record OF 2:l5l-4, and his trainer pre-
dicted that If trained in 1913 he would
take record of or or 2.0S Taking into