Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15
REMOUNT ASSOCIATION
BEING HAMPERED IN WORK
This Organization Has Unde TT nken
Task of Supplying Army
With Mounts.

There seems to be q disposition
in ccrteIn quarters 10 hamper the
work OF the National Remount as
ISOLATION. which has undertaken the
task OF providing cavalry horses for
Uncle sam. one Of the most re-
cent criticisms lis aimed ut the
pioycd AS a top cross. and the. state
ment has been mnde that broken
down" horses are being used at the
various breeding stations.
Mos, horses which. have stood the
test OF racing have the scars OF w.r-
fare is show for what they have ac-
aompIishcd. Tendon trouble Is re-
sponsible for the retirement, from ac-
thoroughbreds. The injury comes
from the strain which is put upon
feet and legs in these days or sirenu-
GUS racing. and manitcsia itself IN
tic shape OF = bow" or bending or
The tendon. and. while IL does not al
WAYS mean the permanent eclipse or
a racing !umina-y. II Is generally the
signal for the retirement of the AMI
mai from severe competition. Num-
bcrless Instances. however. might be
cited of horses that. were bowed"
coming back 70 the races and eanaSs.
beg, known perhaps. though Natu-
ralist and Tromp La Mort are others
the best 3-year-old OF hIs day, after
a period OF rest on n Texas ranch.
returned to the turf and was the
best handicap horse in year tina,
mas notable for the excellence OF
tht material in that division.
Bowed tendons are not transmits
able. and they do not constitute un-
soundness in breeding animal:
almost Invariably becomc straight
spoed Is done away with.
The French. as notion. do many
,r.n
progressive activities is In conncc-
ton WITH horse breeding and equ!ta-
'ion: The French cavalry officer Is a
who trained horses in France for n
number OF years, and is among our
most intelligent students of the
Thoroughbred and all that pertains to
his welfare. said here few days
ago:
French cavalry officers are con-
stantly on the lookout FOR thorough
them into active work. and the ani-
malls become sound. Such horses
take part in the endurance tests
which are held period ically as me
dunn of guidance In breeding Ono
that took place while I was In France
was from Dieppc TO Paris. and l re-
member that the first ten horses in
that contest were all clean-breds. It
OF them had seen service on the race
course. 4 French officer will have
nothing but thoroughbred when he
can secure one for a charger"
The broken down" thoroughbred
critics were rebuked by Colonel c. l..
Scott Mt recent meeting hero when
the matter of promoting Interest In
the National Remount Association, of
| which he is one of the active heads,
was being discussed by representa-
tive horsemen and breeders from all
the cases Of Fashion Plate and Per-
keo. recent additions to the Federal
stud. The former won the Metropoli-
tan Handicap and other good races
| to the breeding bureau of the Jockey
| Club. He is l6 years old and. after
having done yeoman service in the
| Empire State. he was donated to the
the imported sire Woolsthorpe, and
out OF Fashionable. daughter OF the
| En- gllsh- bred stallion Richmond, he
was retired from racing because OF a
bowed tendon. Perkco is son OF
Previous, by The English horse Med
der. He did not race to the same
extent as Fashion Plate. and is best
known as the sire Of many fine hunt
| crs. among them c. d. Lanier's cham
| pion Boiling.
These horses recently arrived at
Se eoone ney were per 5sd
condition. Fashion Plate came over
the hanl roads $50 miles in ten days.
and he arrived with head and tail up.
! iic WIS SOuHO as inc uay no WIS
foaled apparently, and If were 60
ing into action tomorrow wouldn't
want better charger. AS for Per-
| keo he came fifty-five miles the day
before the Washington Horse Show
and was as full OF play in the ring
| as a colt"
at the same meeting Colonel Scott
paid tribute to the manner in which
the work OF horse breeding Twas being
carried on in the Genesee Valley
where the Genesee Valley Breeders
Association, OF which Mrs. Herbert
Wadsworth Is the active head, is CO.
operating with the breeding bureau
or the Jockey Club. He said that the
plan In vogue there was what the
| remount association had adopted ae
n model, and that IL it were followed
out in other parts OF the Union, sue
cess for the movement would be as
sured.
1t is tho. hope of',the government
to be able to place 100 more stations
Tin the best horse breeding comuni-
ties within the next year.
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