The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-05

! to select the best among the animals
which he may have bred and train
| ed. BY, the development of the fit
! test, therefore, the strain of blood
/ constantly is Improved and the quail
! ity is elevated Without racing it is
| true that much intelligent breeding
| still would be carried on, but it would
| not be brought to so logical a con-
clusion nor would the value Of the
! animal be comparable in any degree
with the value placed on him today.
A careful record of what the English
horse has done on the plains Of
France for the last three years is
the strongest possible endorsement
Of the above statement and the won
derful batteries of light artillery
which have been horsed by animals
Of splendid breeding bear earnest
testimony to the power of this strain
for army work. -
We may go further and say that
the cavalry horse both of France and
England claims its strength and en-
durance largely from the animals
selected either from racing stables
in Great Britain or France or from
the progeny of animals who in their
day have been raced. 1t is we'll
known that the Italian government
and the Austrian government in their
wonderful breeding farms for caval-
ry horses have long recognized and
awaited OF this fact. In our own
country we have failed to do it JUS
tice, partly because Of the utility of
the trotting horse and partly because
we were a nation without a standing
army of any great numerical
strength; but this latter condition is
oh O riT7rr st1a
and feel that the government is seek
ing for sthe class of horse of high
quality, great endurance and able to
do prolonged service.
We fully believe that this win be
upon the minds of horse
breeders throughout the land and
that we shall have a constant inn
prOvement in the development Of our
stock and we may look to some de-
gree, at all events, to the race horse
for the selection of the best mater
ials Let us, therefore, encourage this
industry of horse breeding to the
best OF our ability, realizing that this
is no time to stop in the develop
ment of a great work.
intercollegiate Football.
CBy Walter Camp, secretary Inter
collegiate Football Rules committee.l
If one has had the opportunity to
see what has been done at the camps
and stations this last fall, he cannot
help being convinced that there was
actually a great deal more football
played, and more men engaging in
the sport than ever before in its
history in this country. In no college
or university were there over half
as many players as there were in
Of ha ~
naval stations. In some cases, as
many as fifteen teams were playing
regularly in several Of these bases.
Now the interesting feature of this
is that the preparation for war has
not only utilized the sport OF foot
ball but 1t has given many men, who
had, on account of their entrance
into professional or business life, |
abandoned the game, an opportunity
Of taking 1t up once more. And a
great deal of pleasure did they have
out Of it. 1t was. as 1t were, a re-
newal Of youth. All this indicates
something along the line Of the !
prospects for the game next season.
The outlook Is that all the colleges |
which kept up their game and sched- |
ules this year will continue in 1918, |
and that If we continue the devel-
opment of men for the army and
navy all these environments and sta |
tons viii have teams in great num- |
oers. More football would have been /
played this last fall had it been pos /
slble TO secure sufficient equipment |
and now that we know something Of /
what is demanded il is safe to say
that preparations viii be made in the
late summer to such an extent that |
we shan probably add 25 per cent /
more to the number playing. 1t has /
already been sufficiently demonstrate
ed that football is the right kind OF |
preparation, and the sport has the |
backing of both the war and navy
on athletic activities.