The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08
CURRENT COMMENT
BY Henry Willis

That was an excellent letter the Ad-
vertiser published from Shelby
Parker (son Of L. w. Parker) con-
tanning constructive criticism Of the
Show. There are many fine plantat-
ion horses in Holmes County. In his
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Soubt the Show management would
be very much pleased to have them
shown, along with those Of many
other owners in the county who
have horses that can measure pace
and style with any. What steps can
be taken to cure the lack of local
sntries / do not know. One difficulty
l. that u local people are not 70
0e to nick the tails Of their favor
ttss. So the classes will have to be
~seperated, perhaps a good Idea any.
way. Any n who tries will find II
very interesting to watch the move.
ment Of the horses feet in the var
lous gaitS Sometimes the hind feet
Qverreach the front feet and some
times they are planted short, takes
. good eye to catch the motions.
Well bred and handsome horses will
draw a crowd anytime, three or four
hours spent watching them passes
quickly.
The Old Colt Show died for lack
Of colts and there are fewer now and
Less breeding stock. 1t Is highly
doubtful if enough could be gather
ID to make q show. There might be
added cattle, poultry, domestic ex-
hibits, etc. These with the usual con-
ressions would make a County Fair
and county fairs have gone out Of
style for several reasons, among
them being inability to anywhere
near make expenses and the diff
Guilty in securing exhibits. 1t would
call for an experienced, persuasive
and well paid man at least a year in
advance to even start. Considerable
sums would have to be provided
from some source with no hope at
any returns. Just now it appears
not practical.
Come and Fish. the State Comm
issioner's monthly bulletin, speaks
of the 2061 arrests of violators in
the last year as that many heart
breaks for conservationists. These
men, the conservationists, are trying
hard to keep game and fish in such
quantity as will permit our children
and theirs to have the pleasures we
have had in the woods fields and
streams. Our old killing rate cannot
be kept up because there are too
many of us, the woods have been too
thinned out, guns shoot so much
faster, we can 60 so much further.
% much quicker, that wild life can
not survive unless we whole heart
edly observe conservation rules.
Bob Whites, for example, have to
survive too much rain or too much
dry weather at nesting; must escape
the terrible foxes the year round;
domestic cats take awful toll Of baby
birds; loose bird-dogs run the ditch
banks daily: trappers catch whole
covies(and sell them to town buyers
who are as guilty as the trap setters)
certain hawks watch covies in their
range and get at least one daily. On
top Of all that we humans with
twelve gauge guns and trained dogs
follow each other through all the
covers and kill all we car without
regard to bag limits. Bob White. nor
any other wild thing, can survive
for long. Sportsmen have got to be
Sportsmen and not just killers.
Northern Pupers. Muguxinss.
uopou su, %5u!pesLds sIe s1e@!IM
that we of the South r savage;
that we mistreat negro previously.
They mention the Columbia riot, the