Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-26
u. s. REMOUNT SERVICE
ISSUES GOOD REPORT
100 Stations Distributed in
Various Breeding Cen
tiers of Country.
sao.ooo IN FEES COLLECTED
N"rL BrinG Carried on ndrr super
vision al 0uartrrmnstrr Corps or
the ArmH-\D Charge Has Brrn
Made Against Government.

WASIINGTON. Fob. 25.--'rhc first
annual report 81 the rcmount service
which has just been made public. is
most encouraging to the Federal au-
'horitics. and viii be rcassurinr to
the American Rcmourt Association.
tn" civilian body. which helped to
initiate ih" movement.
Its optimism should be tonic for
th"s" pcssimists, who thought they
saw The doom of tn" fine type Of rid
ing horse. which this country at one
pcriod produced in satisfying mum
Der. bat which. through slipshod
breeding methods. was fast becoming
extinct. This family of horses Is
best described by tho term general
purpose. being useful IN times at
peace and available IN periods Of ma
tionai stress.
The report shows that lGO stations
mostly thoroughbred. distributed In
! various breeding ccnters ihrouEhout
the Union. were mated with ioS2
| mares in 1921. and that an ag,.rerato
OF $4,000 VIII be collected in fees
because the work was carried on I'M
der the supervision OF the quarter
master corps Of the army. there was
no charge against tn" government in
| inns connccuon-a most satisfactory
position IN these days Of saving.
There arc now ayuiiab!. for the
| coming season 200 good horses. l5O
OF which were bought hy Major q
J., scott, chicf OF the bureau of pur-
! cEaS" and distribution. and his ayso-
GATES, at an average of Il little loss
| man sSo0 each. For this purpose
>'"'"co was expended. The annual
| report shows that $4,000 WAS paid
| TOR maintenance. for age. transportn-
| ,ion and wages for agents having
| thc stations in charge during the
| "r'e0inE season. This left an un-
cApended balance of $4,000. which
| E'.s turned back into the Treasury.
OF the United States in the belief
mat Congress would welcome a pol
| icy OF rcircnChment in every depart
| mont at this time
| II Is at this iuncture that there has
| chSued an unprecedented demand
ior horses from every State in the
unioA' hut chiefly from communities
| which should be ideal for the work.
In addition to it's present quota.
| leXas which fought the Rcmouut
| movement at the outset. i'm the be-
| IIct that IL threatened the priva, Q
breeder. and already has twenty-five
| stations. has acquisitions at head
| quarters here for nincty-onc uddi-
tional head. Arkansas wants seven
| tS-onc recruits, while breeders i'm
| New Mexico asked FOR forty-scvcu
aides in the breeding plan. which
| they see bringing them a more Ger
tain return than other crops. Okla =
bona. another fine horse breeding
center. asks for th!rty-six new sircs.
| Missouri, once splendid horse
breeding region. requires thirty
eight In addition 10 it's present quota.
| Wyoming asks for thirty -onc. Its
| present allotment is eleven. Vir-
yi,,fs t.l II
| within it's borders wants a dozen
| more. Illinois. Kansas. and Texas
| which produce the best Of our
draught types, have applications in
for tweRty-cight. eighteen and
| eleven. respectively.