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BOUND TO IMPROVE THE PLEASURE HORSE. Louis Newgass, a member of the firm of M. H. Tiehenor and Co., who in addition to owning the stable of racers handled by Henry McDaniel, have built up a tremendous business In buying and selling fancy harness and saddle horses, lias been looking over the work of the Jockey Clubs Breeding Bureau in New York state. This is what he says about It: "The benefits to the farmers and breeders to whom we must look to meet the Increasing demand for carriage horses of the highest tyie and show horses that can win blue ribbons will In the course of a few -ears be almost beyond belief. Few asnle from, those who have made a careful study of the proposition realize Just how much a strain of thoroughbred blood improves the class of horses we see In the parks and show rings. "In looking for the raw material which our expert handlers whip into shape for the market, a touch of thoroughbred blood always gives a horse a call over absolutely cold-blooded animals, everything else being equal. They are more intelligent, mature quicker and for any purpose are infinitely superior. We are constantly on the hunt for horses of this tvpe. "The idea that, a thoroughbred Is fit only for racing no longer obtains with the Intelligent seeker after truth In regard to horses In most demand by the public. We have proven, to oar own satisfaction at least, that a thoroughbred can flUall the requirements of the present day horse faddists. By a carefnl scheme of weighting they can easily be tr.ught to go as high as the most exacting would demand, while for endurance they easily have It on the ordinary horse. I hope the farmers and breeders of New York state are fully alive to what the Bureau of Breeding is doing for the Improvement of the horse and of the benefits they will derive from the scheme, and that they will give It their hearty support. If they do, and proceed along intelligent lines. I can easily, see where New York state will hold the place of pre-eminence in the high-class horse market a few years hence. "One of the strongest features of the half-breed horse is that of early maturity, enabling the breeder to market him at. least oue year sooner than Is possible with the ordinary horse. This means a big saving in cost of production and at the same time the horse will command a lietter price. There is certainly great work ahead for- the Bureau of 1 Racing."
