The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-01
WANTS REMOUNT ENDURANCE
 RACE

| COLORADO SPRINGS, COlO., Jan. 31.-The annual endurance test of the War Departments remount ser vice 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 citp, member of the United States Remount Board and manager of the contest. Owing to the unsatisfactory condi- tion surriunding the event in 1921, horse breeders throughout the Unit ed Etates 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 Boies Penrose, of Penn sylvania, has made application to have the remount test staged in Col orado this year.
 Major Leonard approves the change, and the contest will prob- ably be run early. in September in the shawods of Pike's Peak
 It is five-day affair, in which the horses must cover minimum of six ty miles per day, regardless of weath- CT conditions.
 PRIZES AND MONEY OFFERED Money awards and cups already have been pledged as prizes for aux Hilary contests in connection with the main endurance test
 Colorado sportsmen are taking a keen interest in the event and more than score of entries from this state are assured. More than one hundred horses from all parts of the country, including some of Uncle Sans best army animals, and entries ! from the finest civilian stables in the the country will be entered in the classic event
 Previous contests in the remount 1 test have been held along tn eAtlan. tic coast. In 1921 the horses ran 300 miles, the judges being forced to accompany them the entire dis tance. Special arrangements for car. ing for the animals at each stopping 1 point also made the work of the judges very difficult. Under the plans devised by Penrose with Major Leonard it is proposed to have the horses s2bled at one of Colorado Springs hotels, and make their sixty. mile trips out from here each day over the dirt roads of the region until the 300 miles have been GOV. cred.
 There are ample accommodations for horses, riders and continent here to permit the activities of the race to center in the city.
 FEATURE HORSE EVENT ,I The race promises to be the fea ture horse event ofthe year for the west, owing to the widespread in terest now being taken in horsebacl riding, and the governments efforts to improve the class of horses in the remount service
 The test is staged annually under the supervision of the War Depart ment's ramount service and is spon sored by numerous associations. in cluding the Arabian Horse Club, the Morgan Horse Club, the Nationa Steeplechase and Hunt Club, the Horse Association of America. an( the Bureau of Animal Industry O the United States Department O. Agriculture.
 The mai nobject ofthe annual tes is to stimulate interest in good sad dle horses possessed of sufficien stamina to make them available fol the remount service.
 The test is primarily for the horse and the human factor is minimizet as much as possible.
 Prizes are awarded on the basis n 60 per cent for condition and 40 pe1 cent for speed. Each horse mus carry a minimum of 200 pounds, in cluding rider and equipment.
 There are no special requirements as to breeding of hirses for entry but contestants must furnish fulles information available regarding theil