Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-07
U. S. PRESSING Ned
FOR cAvAlAY-lsRsEs


Washington. Aug. 6.--The tssk
OF horsins Uncle Sans troopers 10 one
OF the problems OF the day. Il Ia not
alone a matter OF supplying q suf,cien,
number Of remounts for the. cavalry
arm OF the service for present day
needs. The question Of reserve Of
the proper type for the future lbulks
large In the Foreground. Col John q.
Fair OF the Quartermsster- Corps has
this most important work IN hand for
the'Federsi Govsrsmest. Col Fair 10
In intimate touch with horse condi.
tons throughout the United States.
and no man speaks with greater knoEl-
edge OF the country's needs In the mat.
ter OF riding horse type. He realizes
that Il Ia ffom. the aaick. active fsmt
lies OF Witch the 'thoroushbred stand
ard bred and Morgan are Representa-,
twas. rhst the remount snpp,y must be
drawn. Col. Fairs plea Cor an scesler-
ated campaign OF remount prsdpctioa
should carry weight vfth ,brssdsrs In
every part q TIE UuDuo ronAHnnks
them eager 10 assist the 0overumsnt
= think" said he today. that We
were all besnilsd into q fselinguef CO.
eurity by the census OF 1910. which sn-
nounced that there we're f2.ooaeoo
horses IN the. q nited, statss.l. 10 .gAs
not until We we're q war sesssslsss
that TIE asct -ssrack. home .thst o very.
large proportssn Of these were drsasht
breeds and that cavalry remount ma
terisi was exceeds gis sca<oe. Tram,
port and gun ,horsssswss hass An shHnds
anee. thankssto thes importstionHef
Perchcren ana. other drxuKht hrseta.
but IN the msffersof the riding horse.
simless and .,purpessssss abrssdiss est-
side OF q fesH regions has reduced our
standard to mediocrisy There has not
been that systematic enert In horse
production which 10 a feature OF the
economic development Of most foreign
governments. notably that Of France
which IL generally recognized AZ q
model for the world The only helpful
influence know OF that has been con
slant Is that exercised by the breed.
ing bureau OF the Jockey Club In New
York State and a similar orEanixation
On more restricted lines In Kentucky.
The only light horse families" re-
.sumed Col Fair. that have been pro
duoed systematically IN the United
States for a speciec purpose are the
thorou ghbred or standard bred trotter.
and these have been. developed tor rae
ing purposes. II In fortunate for this
country thai this. should have bean
done. as these animals furnish an ad-
mirsble foundation upon which TO
build our war horse structure. Both
have been brought to their high state
Of perfection through breeding and
racing tests. and IN the process Of evo-
luton through which they have passed
the weak have fallen by the way side.
Nature in every breeding vesanse
gives a certain proportion OF failures.
These trials Of speed have developed
the heart and lung power Of the AMI
mails taking part In them. We will
therefore not have To breed those quail
tiles into the riding horse of the future
II we follow the lines which success
has blsred for our guidance. am
therefore greatly In favor OF the breed.
Ing activities foo the production OF the
as this Is the line upon
which we hope to build a type OF cav.
airy horse.
"of the foreign nations now at
war" resumed Col Fair. England was
the only country that had not a well
grounded plan for cavalry remount pro
duction. Her troopers were horsed
largely from the raeecourse and the
hunting field. and these furnished the
l70. 900 head In the emergency follow
ing the mobilization. Today through
the generosity of Col Hall Walker she
has her own breeding studs under the
control of an expert. and a British on
GER told me a few days ago that the
work was progressing tamonsiy,
The Race Course the indispensable
teat.
The slres which are expected To
keep up the high standard of excel
lenee must prove their right to repro
duce themselves. They are tested Tor.
speed. courage. soundness and bottom.
This Is the same method which IL in
vogue In France and other Continental
Countries
There seeos to be An idea In some
portions OF the United Sfssss. that
mares can not be worked prior 10
and for some time aftsr
the foals have been born. Visitors to
France and rural England -nnd colts
their dams about the fields
IA the mstrons help TO TIN the soil or
wxper the harvest Moderate work IL
ben saslai for mother and offspring ~
"Another matter upon which the
fsrmse usheald he snisshtepsafis, thai
sreskn {, uopsrAtions- rpsy lks, carried
into The. autumn. when mosi Of the
~. han oaunludaI m