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ARMY RACE AT FORT ETHAN ALLEN. -Now York. April 25. That tin? United States army is seriously concerned in the movement to continue the development of the thoroughbred through the instrumentality of racing a plan of the otlicers at Fort Kthan Allen. Vt., to bring about au international military steeplechase next fall bears witness. The Tenth Cavalry is quartered at Tort Ethan Allen and its oliicers, commissioned and non-commissioned, are famous riders. They have built for themselves, on ground contiguous to the post, a steeplechase course two miles around, and they are about to challenge the crack riders of the I.ritish military service, regular and colonial, stationed iu Canada, to meet them in a chase of two miles, two miles and a half, three miles or three mlies and a half, some time in September or October, the contestants to ride their own horses, whether half bred or thoroughbred. The race the otticers of the Tort Ethan Allen garrison propose is the tirst thing of the kind ever suggested and highly important results are apt to How from it. If it should develop that the British otlicers are better mounted than their American rivals a new incentive to aid in the promotion of the improvement of the breed of horses will be given. The breeding bureau of the Jockey Club has already put it in the power of the otlicers of the garrison at Fort Kthan Allen to improve the quality of their remounts by establishing there the bureau stallion Traveler. Traveler, a strapping son of Prince of Melbourne1 and Hose lrim, bred by Henry T. Oxnard at the Blue Illdge Stud iu Farquier county, Virginia, lias been at Fort Ethan Allen under the charge of Captain C. 11. Boyd since last spring. He was presented to the breeding bureau of the Jockey Club bv George Odom, who broke and developed him. This son of Prince of Mellonrne and Rose Prim is qualified in many ways to accomplish the work of improving the oliicers remounts. He is a good individual, big boned, muscular and liuelv proportioned of the sturdy stallion line of Bramble and lionnie Scotland. And on top of all this he was a fast and courageous race horse, with a tractable temper. The oliicers of the garrison of Fort Ethan Allen, who mated cold-blooded mares to Traveler lasl spring are getting finely formed half bred foals this year. Last season many army oliicers bought at the public sales a considerable number of two-voar-old thoroughbreds, principally fillies, the prevailing purpose being to get animals which later on could In1 mated with thoroughbred stallions. The purchasers of these two-year-olds and. other otlicers have united in a general request to the otlicers of the United nunts and other racing organizations that give races, for army otlicers to admit tijree-year-olds in all military races. Heretofore military races have been limited to horses four years old anil over. Their request will be granted. The military races will he thrown open to three-year-olds and over.
