The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-09-12
THE SADDLE HORSE
At STATE SHOW
Friday to Be One of the Red
Letter Days.
GREATEST N The WORLD
Missouri State Fair viii Give One
Entire Day to the Saddle Horse
Come to sedalia for
a Week.


From the time of the Pilgrim
Fathers down to the present moment
here has never been an hour nor a
moment when the saddle horse was es
.od a proposition either Tor pleasure.
personal pride or pecuniary profit as
t is right now. Some people say to
me, don't you think The automobile is
-oiug to put The saddle horse out of
business? / don't think SO. think
hat in the same day when the me-
chauical piano player takes the place
upon our concert stage of a Paderew-
Ski or when we prefer some phono.
graphic reproduction to the human
voice-the flute-like tones of a Media
or the crystalline b]riIlance of a Tet.
r~azzini, then we may see the horse,
and particularly the saddle horse. dis.
appear i'm the gasoliue.tiuged wake Of
an autom0bile-aud not uauiI then"
The above is from an address de.
iiyered by Herbert j. Krum of Licking.
ton, Ky, before the Missouri Saddle
Iorse Breeders Association. He was
| speaking TO an audience of saddle
horse lovers-Missouriaus. Every
native born Missourian loves a saddle
boss" and no man with rich, red
blood in his veins can long live in this
state without inheriting this love.
THE majority Of the early settlers
in Missouri came from Kentucky, Ten
nessee and Virginia. and hence it was
but natural that they should bring
with them this type OF horse" writes
e. A. Trowbridge, professor of animal
%husbandry, University of Missouri.
ITO follow the saddle horse from
his beginning to his present state is
but to follow the ups and downs of
the human race in the districts III
which this type of horse has abounded.
He has been close to man at all
times, has often stood between man
and death, and in more than n case
has been the means Of the saving of
a life.
AT the present time the saddle
horse still maintains his close relation.
ship and companionship with man.
His field of usefulness has been
~broadened. his reputation has grown.
and a. the present time he stands the
most admired equine specimen that
the world has ever produced. He be-
speaks the personality of the people
who have improved him. He is a liv.
ing description of their ideals and
ideas of their temperament and their
passions, and a study of the saddle
horse from this standpoint gives us a
clean and clear cut insight into the
characters of men and women. 1t is
because of this close proximity that
the saddle horse stands second to a
human being in the hearts of those
who know him."
Recognizing the place that the
saddle horse holds in the hearts OF
the people who will be in attendance
at the Missouri State Fair. September
q to October 8, the board Of directors
has arranged for the greatest saddle
horse show in all history. In addition
to hundreds Of dollars in prizes to be
contested for throughout the week,
there will take place on Friday the
superb show for the $4,000 saddle
horse stake. This great show is open
to stations, mares and geldings and
the entries insure an event long to be
remembered. Here the best horses,
animals Of intelligence, stamina,
grace, beauty and speed and ridden by
men who love them and know them,
and who are as much interested in
their winning as is a fond mother in
terested in the success of her W
GIillA III Il UdUN SHOW. Will make MS
tory This contest will he moro tb,r