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FIRST STEP IN MISSOURI | + BREEDING ESTABLISHMENT WITH STALLION 4 + SANDRINGHAM AS A NUCLEUS. „. -■ M Harry Payne Whitney Donates Richly-Bred Horse r. -I " as Result of Efforts of Joseph A. Murphy — Organization to Follow. it ■ u St. Louis. Mo.. January 4. — The first step towards establishing -j bureau for Bleeding army mounts in Mbwouri was taken yesterday when Harry Cayne " V i.i I lev . ill.- V w York millionaire, donated to i1 loaeph A. Murphv ol Si. Louis, through the Kew U York Jockey flub, the imported stallion Sandring- r bam. Iiv SI. Simon. Sandringhani not only is the 11 sii.- ol manv winners in lliis country. Imt CO— es I li,,in IkC st«. ut. si blood in England, and will prove .! a valuable addition to Ike breeding interest! of the ;: atate. I! Mr. Murphy wired to Secretary Algernon Dainger- 11 field of the Now York Jockey Club to ship the horse li to Dr. A. V. MoAlester. prof. -soi- of surgery in ;! tin* State Uaiversitj Bl Colombia, and the horse 1! will stand at his farm. 11 The farmer* in the vicinity will have service hi li the horse with the Condition that the government !! will hold a lieu on the produce for army mounts at |j these yean of sage. Among those who have mad*? l! requests for slallioiis are .1. K. Thompson of Butler. Bati- County; Dr. it. B. Tilley, Plato. Texas County; Dr. .1. f. Keith. ..I Sturgeon. Mo., ami Dr. C. W. M Crowley, of St. l.uis. who owns ■ farm OS the , Frisco Railroad. li is proposed to call a meeting of all the breeders I of the siate an. organise what is to be known .is the a Arm] Remount Association of Missouri. This saao- ■ v. elation, through Mr. Murphy, will ask for donations of thoroughbreds, standard breed, and Morgan stal- .■ lions from the prominent breeders of the country. . These stallions will he placed at various points • m* throughout the stale, all the produce bclug subject .. ■M to options by the government. x ■K !en. Leonard Wood, in a recent letter to Congress. . HLr "iif"l a not of warning, calling attention to the .. rfaM that unless something was d. ne to stop the . depletion of thoroughbred stallions, the army will .. In- unable in a few years to secure suitable mounts. . Missouri is one ■•! tie- great horse slates of the .. Villon, and it is believed that the proposed lain all g will prove a ralnahle adjunct both to the War De- . part men and the Department of Agriculture A g number • ! prominent bleeders already have promised . burses, and it is probable that within the next year ._ practically everj borse county in the state will be , provided with stallions. .
