Evening star., 1923-05-16
DINNER SPEAKERS
. ExT0L THE HORSE
Members of Remount Ass0-
/ citation at Annual
Function.

The horse was extolled in speech
and story last night at the annual
dinner Of the American Remount AS
sociation, at Rauscher's, where horse
lovers, including Secretary Of Agri-
culture Wallace, officers Of the Army
. and Navy, and leading horsemen from
several parts Of the country gathered
to review the work of the association
and to declare that this modern age
of machinery, despite much talk to
the contrary, was not driving the
horse into the discard
Seated about huge horseshoe
shaped table banked with flowers, the
diners, under the toastmastership of
Col H. c. Whitehead, United States
Army, chairman of the executive COM
mittee of the American Remount As
sociation, praised the work of the
association of the Army remount
service and of several organiza tlons
which were said to be encouraging
the breeding of better horses and the
wider use of horses.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
proTered the fullest cooperation OF
the De. ,rtment of Agriculture in for
wardins the aims and purposes Of the
remount association. declaring it had
been with regret that he had dis
pensed with the last team of horses
used by a cabinet officer.
How he learned u ride a balky
mule was amusingly told by Mai. Gen.
John l.. Hines, deputy chief of staff
of the Army, who made a plea for
America TO get back to the pioneer
days Of our forefathers" The horse.
he said, could lead back to that
rugged, hearty life.
Admiral Cary T. Grayson extended
a welcome to the National Capital
horse show, now. on. and protested
that the lovers of the horse had mo
sympathy with the so-called reform
er who is trying to destroy the horse"
The need of more good bride paths
leading from the center of the city
to the country roads was stressed by
Col. Robert NJ. Thompson. The auto
mobile. he said. had so nearly crowd
ed the horse off the roads that it
should be so severely taxed as to
e. bring in $o00,000.000 a year in reve-
nues for the upkeep of automobile
roads and also for the maintenance Of
some roads for horses.
National Preparedness Topic.
The appreciation of the Army for
the work Of the association toward
national preparedness was voiced by
Mai. Gen. w. H Hart, QuartermaSter
general, who said the encouragement
given for more and better horses had
definitely benefited the Army remount
service.
c. G. Stillman of New York toasted
the Morgan horse, declaring that the
17hand thoroughbred was too big a
horse for the American trooper
An endurance ride in Texas, under
the auspices of the association, was
pledged by the POSTMASTER. following
an invitation from Col. c. c. Wren OF
Texas a member of the general staff,
L. S. a.
S. H. Bell of the Horse Association
of America declared that riding had
doubled in many leading American
cities, and that his association was
vigilant against any legislation tend
ing to abridge the rights of the horse
anywhere, or attempting to keep him
off the city streets.
Sees Need OF America.
One Of Washington's blue ribbon
= winners, Brig. Gen. William Mitchell.
assistant chief of the air service. who
was prominent as q victor at the
horse show yesterday. said the spirit
gained in horseback riding was the
need of America today.
The actual results achieved by the
remount association, in collaboration
with the Army remount service. were
explained by Maj. L. A. Beard. who
reported 800 high-grade stations dis
tributed throughout the country.
The growth of the Army remount
service was recounted by Col. John S.
Fair Of the general staff