East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-01-19
WANTS TO
HAVE ENDURANCE RACE
IN WEST THIS YEAR
Early September viii Probably
be Time, Shadow of Pixies
Peak Place for Horse Tests.

COLORADO SPRINGS Col, Jan.
! 19.-U. y. S.)-The annual endurance
test of the War Departments remount
service will be held in the rugged en-
virons of the Colorado Rockies this
| year, If plans being formulated here
materialize. according to Major Henry
Leonard, Of this city, a member of
the United States Remount Board and
manager Of the contest. I
i Owing to the unsatisfactory condi- |
tion surrounding the event in 1921,
horse breeders throughout the United
States have expressed a desire that
the race be held in the West this
year, and Spencer Penrose, OF this
city, millionaire brother of the late
Senator Boise Penrose, of Pennsyl-
vania, has made application to have
the remount test staged in Colorado
this year.
Major Leonard approves the change,
and the contest will probably be run
I early in September in the shadows OF
Pixies Peak.
: 1t is a five-day affair, in which the
horses must cover a minimum of sixty
miles per day, regardless of wealth
er conditions.
4 Money awards and cups already
have been pledged as prizes for aux
4 iliary contests in connection with the
main endurance test.
Colorado sportsmen are taking a
keen interest in the event and more
than a score of entries from this
State are assured. More than one
hundred horses from all parts Of the
country, including some of Uncle
SAINTS best army animals, and entries
from the finest civilian stables in the
country will be entered in the classic
event. ...s... ..s.. !.
Previous contests in the remount
test have been held along the Allan
tic coast. In 1921 the horses ran 3op
miles, the judges being forced to ac-
n company them the entire distance
Special arrangements for caring fol
4 the animals at each stopping point
\ also made the work of the judges
very difficult. Under the plans de-
= vised by Penrose with Major Leon
= ard it is proposed to have the horses
4 stabbed at one of Colorado Springs
T hotels and make their sixty mil'
4 trips QUE from here each day over tn
n dirt roads of the region until the $780,
"A miles have been covered.
There are ample accommodation
for horses. riders and equipment her
Y to permit the activities of the rate t
Y center in the city.
z The race promises to be the. fea
y ture horse event of the year for tn
: West, owing to the widespread In
n, terest now being taken in horsebac
90 riding and the Governments effort
be to improve the class of horses in tn
ia remount service.
,u The test is staged annually unde
~ the supervision of the War Depart
ments remount service, and is spor
sored by numerous associations, in
m cludirg the Arabian Horse Club, tn
a. Morgan Horse Club, the Nationi
~ Steeplechase and Hunt Club, tn
GU Horse Association of America, an
q the Bureau of Animal Industry of tn
~ United States Department of Agr
:. culture.
TN The main object of the annual te:
Is to stimulate interest IN goou SAT
ell die horses possessed of sufficiei
'ue stamina to make them available ft
the remount service.
TX The test is primarily for the hors
I'D and the human factor is minimize
ir- as much as possible.
In Prizes are awarded on the basis
me &C per cent for condition and 40 p'
| e., ENach horse nlu
IRE carry minimum of 200 pounds, Il
all Guiding rider and equipment
There are no special requirement
MS as to breeding of horses for entr
n but contestants must furnish fulle
.ed information available regarding the
for entries. ..ss