Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-23
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

The publicity given to Laddie Boy
, made many a sale of Airedale dogs
and the wire-haired fox terrier given
TO President Coolidge will prove a
! most profitable advertisement for
that breed of CANNES. The action OF
, President Coolidge, however. in TAX
! ing up horseback riding is of far
greater Importance. There will be
less talk Of golf and dogs, and more
of saddlers, hereafter.
When the President discovered in
the Whit" House stable so fine d
saddler as General for his pleasure
| his eagernesS to mount and ride
away, without waiting for fashion
able riding toys. demonstrated that
| riding was not fad with him. but
passion
Where will the demand for saddle
horses be met with adequate supply:
There are few In the country. Bump
ing over the road on the back OF 4
carriage horse is not sport; 1t is tor
ture
Only day or two ago a report
from the Army remount service OF
the Quartermaster Corps stated that
1t Is almost impossible to find riding
/ horses of good breeding, type and
conformation. 1t officially charged
| that there is conspiracy to foster
legislation inimical to riding horses
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The report asserts that the war
! took Immense toll" of riding horses
, That is surprising statement in
, view of the we'll known fact that
cavalry cut comparatively little fig
ure in the war. The report extols
the results of the remount stations
efforts in the last year or two to re-
place the loss of riding horses BY
breeding the type required. and
claims that these efforts will re-
dound to the benefit OF the markets
for farm horses. Cow horses" hunt
ers and polo ponies.
Perhaps the enthusiasm Of the
writer led to too broad market
claim. for the demand is not be-
iieved to exist for farm horses of the
riding type, but rather for heavy
draft horses. but there VIII be a
growing market for saddlers, hunters
and. perhaps. polo ponies, 1.-THE and
agile.
When that report was prepared its
writer had no inkling of the supreme
stimulation toward horseback riding
! through the Presidents example.
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There is one New Englander whose
reappointment to office by President
Coolidge is welcomed by thousands.
1t is Mrs. John Jacob Rogers Of Bos-
ton, the Florence Nightingale of today.
She was President Harding's per-
sonal representative to bring him re-
ports of hospital conditions through
out the country, and this work proved
so helpful through her quick sym
patty. intelligence and tact that she
has been reappointed by Preside nj
Coolidge for the same work. 1t is
said that whenever President Harding
visited the Walter Reed hospital
here. he found Mrs. Rogers. in the
uniform of nurse. mingling with
the patients TO cheer and comfort
them. as only the touch of a good
woman can do.
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The future beefsteak VIII have to
be synthetical or more cattle must be
produced in the United States. Mr.
Charles w. Brand, marketing spe-
cialist OF the Department of Agriculture
! tells a hungry public that we are not
keeping up the ratio between people
and cattle In 1874 there was a pop
ulation of 62.94S.000. with cattle to
the number OF 5l,363.572. That made
| one head of cattle for every IL per-
sons; now there are 1.56 persons for
each head of cattle. In the thirty