New Britain herald., 1916-07-13
WANTED: MORE HORSES.

In this age of the automobile the horse has lost some of it's glory. Were it not for the great European war with it's thirsty demand for cavalry mounts there might be even a greater falling off in the breeding of thoroughbreds In the past month or so, however, there has been awakened in this country a new interest in the horse. With our own troops lining up on the Mexican border and with a rev propaganda started by the De- partment Of Agriculture the business of raising horses bids fair to take on new life. This is the golden oppor- tunity for horsemen. In peace as we'll While the motor car may drivA him off the city streets and country roads for the time being, his departure will be only temporary. The horse must come back. His patient labors in the past helped to fructify the earth. His endeavors in the future will further civilization.
 What is wanted at the present moment seems to be a type of horse suitable for work in the cavalry. Txperim enters of this and foreign gov ernments after years of careful study gre prone to admit that the thorough bred cross produces the best type of cavalry remount available. These are the horses with warm blood surging step, fine coats, and wide open nostris This is the horse used prin- cipalIy in the hunting fields of England before the war broke out. Ireland, too, has given it's share of desirable half-breds, horses of size and bone. But now the cry is for America to produce the horses of the world, and if America is keen to it's opportunity it will get a jump on every other nation in this work. Some of our states, notably Kentucky and Tennessee, have started already to answer the world call.
 Horsemen who have studied the in ternationa1 phase of the question claim that France, Austria-H Hungary and Germany are the three countries that paid more attention than any others to the vital necessity of breed ing horses containing various amounts of thoroughbred blood. In order to place this breeding on a scientific plane the aforementioned govern ments granted subsidies to racing in terests. They paid enormous sums for stallions that had proved their Lig instance of this method was the purchase by the Prussian government Cf Ard Patrick, the English Derby winner at a price of $125, 1000. The improve the general horse product of Graditz For years this wonderful stallion was bred to cold blooded mares exclusively and at such a low service fee as five dollars. Thus did Germany and her allies reap the bene- if of scientific mana cement in stock rreeding It was this and other like experiments that enabled Austria Hungary to horse the German cavalry as well as her own. Before the war was well under way the dual mon- archy had more horses in the stud than perhaps any other nation in the world. France too, was we'll taken care of in this regard.
 But now the situation has changed. All these nations are rapidly depicting their supply of cavalry remounts and are calling upon the United States and Argentina for aid. Every hunter in the British Isles has been comman- deered for service in Great Britain's army and the call for more has gone forth to it's colonies and to this country. Thus is the opportunity knocking at Americas door Esti mates place the life of a horse on the