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THE THOROUGHBRED AND THE ARMY, N.w Vo-k. March «.— Job* F. Ryaa, of hfaa-ireal, was here recently and brought some later -Ing news about horse breeding la Canada "The Canadian Bureau thoroughbred sires " lie. an- not only producing nearly all the betf-lireds u Canada, but al t 50 per c.-nt. of the thoroughbred foals, and this percentage will l e higher im-i year. Of eighteen two-year-olds eligible for the Nursery Stakes at Blue Bonnets, thirteen ar hy Burisn sires or nni of mares imported in foal bv the Bureau. Of thirty thr.- yearlinca in Montreal and vicinity, twenty seven are by Barean sires or mil . mares |m|M rted by the Bureaa. Away from the large centers the Bureau is producing nearly all the thoroughbred foals. But this branch of the worl is only Incidental to the half-bred production and for every thoroughbred foal their are forty or fiftv half hi. ds. ••Ill.- thoroughbred sin- is makim, gaad in ererr jvin of Canada. This success CSU only he obtained. however, by a systematic Inspection of all --ires placed; by continuous and abundant advertising, bj the monthly publication of educational literature and lij careful selection of mares. ••The ii. ■« I sited St iti- Cavalry and Artilhrv Remount Association will do a great deal for the thoroughbred in thi country, because it will advet ii-e him and educate the people nationally regarding bis ;.i/,h place in Um horse breeding industn sad hi-ralne as aa aid to aatloaal defease. The Thorough bred ami Remount Chtb, formed in Canada about three years BOO and Which works hand in hand with the Bureau, has doae wmali 1 1 la pavhag the way for the latroductioa of thoroughbred sires in places where he «a- unknowa. This rlab collecta all the gf news regarding the tboroaghbred croaa aad reaMonts from ail over the world ami sends m h aewa broad •sal throughout Canada. If there la ■ faraaar or lireeder In Canada who ieea not know what Buropi and the p-M of the world i doing along these lines. it is hja own fault. "These asea are taaght that there is oaly one way to solve tie- remount problem and thnt is to breed remouata; that the only Mare way to breed reaaoanta |. bj means of the tin roughbred croaa. The Canadlitn Bureau was the Brsl Institution la America to hook III* the aimy and the reaaOBBl business With the tboruagfabred, and that is the strongest aUlanet ji .-- alhle aad aae thai caaa t lose. "It is a death blow to an extremist to Mud out that he is jeopardizing plans for natioual defense. Take the case of former Oovernor Hughes. How long could he staud up now against a national movement to solve the remount problem of the Inlted States: If the chief of staff of your army demanded tboroaghbred sires and a state governor wanted in cbaae all these sires to Europe, which man would wiu it the nation knew all the facial I wonder what tinner iovernor Htghes ihinks of his work now thnt his countrys army is crying for the produce of the Hioroughbred?. "It is no easy matter to educate the whole nation, ami ii cannot lie done in a few days, but it is possible if the effort be siitliciently persistent. The man on the farm must be taught that the thorough bred transmits energy, and that energy is the great est thing la the world. Take that out of the unl- verse and there is nothing left but ether. He must be shown that there is as much difference between the thoroughbred and the fat breed as there is be- tween anthracite and soft coal. "He must be told that the thoroughbred is neccs- aery for national defense, and at the same time he must know how much money he Is going to receive for remounts providing he produces them, for while you may get a fat Bin to cast one eye on his cimn- J trys lag, you may be sure that be has the other ■ on his bankbook. "Bvery civilized country in the world safeguards and protects the I lioioughbred sire. France has 599 thoroughbreds In its bureau. Germany produces 4t».-iMKl remounts every year. In these countries remount reserves are doing all kinds of work. In llamo, when a mounted squadron goes along the country road the plow horse in the field cocks his ears at the sound of the bugle, for that plow horse is a 1 rained remount, held in reserve. Prance will sp.nd .*4.r 0.000 in 10CJ on bureau Week. She has ] been doing this for years. •There is one.piace where the horse is safe from all encroachments, and that is the army. Then- ] are ■ .me persons who think that the aviator Will lake the place of the war horse. Now if a wild Arab with an obsolete ritle on the outskirts , i Tripoli can hit an aviator, bow long will it be be-fore tin brain id man will perfect a gun which can blow all war aviators out of the air.-"
