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WH VWF THE BREEDING BUREAU COMES IN X w York December 22 Farmers of the state of New York are going to have a try for the con tract of furnishing the army with cavalry remounts This Is made possible by the foresight of the Jockey dub In establishing its breeding bureau in 1900 The determination was reached oil the recent pub ¬ lication of the following dispatch from Washing ¬ ton tonWashington Washington D C December 17 One result of the Hughes antiracing bill that was probably not contemplated cither by Governor Hughes or his friend inrthe New York legislature was brought to lee on agriculture when it was asserted that not enough riding horses could be found anywhere in the United States to supply the cavalry of the United States army Mr Wilson secretary of agriculture Brigadier General James B Aleshire quartermastergeneral of the army and Representative Augustus O Stan ¬ ley pffJCentucky made statements to the committee All were in favor of some governmental action to stimulate the breeding of riding horses Mr St n ley declared that since the passage of the Hughes bill invNew York several longestablished breeding farms in his state had gone into bankruptcy and that the business of breeding riding horses was lan ¬ guishing elsewhere Secretary Wilson agreed with aim aimBrigadierGeneral BrigadierGeneral Aleshire declared that the army needed only 1700 new horses every year but could not find them He recalled the time when the army bought riding horses for 25 but said that noy it could wot get them for 150 Messrs Stanley and Wilson suggested that the government give the department of agriculture money and authority to introduce fine stallions throughout the country free ot charge and allow the army the option of pur ¬ chasing the foals at a good price priceThough Though the adverse legislation under the Hughes administrations worked great havoc to lioth racing and breeding the bureau has placed sixtysix ap ¬ proved thoroughbreds throughout Now York State and It is from the get of these stallions that an effort will be made to supply the army needs There are now 1500 foals li the state from which selec ¬ tions might toe made and as each is a halfbreed or liotter it is entirely possible that most of them will come up to the cavalry requirements requirementsEarly Early next spring the Jockey Club will appoint Thomas Hitchcock Jr and some other practical horseman and breeder to exploit the New York liorses The fanners will be required to assemble the get of the bureau stallions in the nearest towns and Mr Hitchcock and his associate will invile the army officers to make an inspection of the stock In the meantime the farmers have been notified to liayu their horses in n salable condition and it is iiiore than likely that the benefits of the breeding bureau will be conclusively shown shownFrom From the first the Jockey Club has used as its best argument in favor of racing that it would l cst tend to improve the breed of horses This has been assailed by the enemies of the sport and it lias even l een said by those wlio did not know that at best the tlwroughbred was only a racing machine or a gambling tool toolLong Long before the present fight for existence the breeding bureau was established along the lines of Hie bureau of France and in four short years the result is liOO halfbreed foals This number would undoubtedly have been greater had racing met with i greater sliare of prosperity but it is an excellent sluming when it is considered that the stallions tliat were donated for breeding purposes were all carefully selected selectedThe The value of a breeding bureau is recognized by the army In the suggestion that a like policy be followed f r tbo purpose of furnishing cavalry re ¬ mounts It is undisputed that the thoroughbred makes the l est saddle horse and the judicious se ¬ lection of mares for mating with sires of pure blood has always secured the best results Already many of the foals the get of breeding bureau stallions have liccii ril l lin in winners and the general breed of liorses in New York State has liecn greatly improved by the Jockey Club project though it is only four years old oldTlie Tlie bureau is one that grows in importance each Tear and within a short time as the foals mature halfbred and threoTiiuarterbred stallions and wares niv nn inevitable nsult Its importance has never lipen thoroughly appreciated outside of the immedi ¬ ate liorse world and the bid for cavalry remounts will bring tin1 bureau more prominentl to the front than ever before
