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RACING IN THIS COUNTRY Sound Views of Steward H K Knappof the Jockey Club Sport Is on a Sound Foundation Foundationand and Will Grow The TheShows Shows Help By II K Knapp Jockey Club Steward StewardRacing Racing would appear lo l e on a sound foundation everywhere and the future of the port now that the war is over is assured assuredThe The great world conflict has brought to the knowledge of our people at home that which was so well understood by nations abroad the vital neces ¬ sity of thoroughbred lilond It is a matter of con ¬ gratulation and a happy omen for the future of the turf that our own country has adopted a plan for cavalry remount production using the thorough ¬ bred is a top cross This is the method employed abroad with the greatest degree of success and it will no doubt work out advantageously here hereIn In 1KH the Jockey Club inaugurated a system of placing in various localities stallions to which native marcs nicit be bred There have been placed tltrovghout the country principally in New York stiite over one hundred stallions by this bureau sintl the government of the Putted States has estab ¬ lished at its various breeding farms a similar sys ¬ tem temIll Ill twelve years what was once deemed by many n visoniry scheme of a few votaries of the turf has now lie x mu an organized attempt on the part of ovcriiiueiit to enate suitable remounts for the y tlii connection Jt may Iw jvoll to tosay say that those officers of the Tinted States iiririy iio have iit the past three years in selecting ws for the government lejxirt that there js a utiilornhle scarcity of proper cavalry remounts remountsSACING SACING FAVCSITE AHEHJCAN SPOET SPOETAs As a nation we are developing a great liking foi outdoor sport and those recreations which make for bodily and mental vigor Chief among these are racing and hunting which are closely allied The thoroughbred of course dominates racing abso ¬ lutely ind the sire of blood is the influence which makes for excellence in the hunter Nest in im ¬ portance as a factor toward the improvement of our type of horse should rank the horse show which is educational in its functions Host of the prize winners ut this years shows as in the past have a thoroughbred cross and many of them are cleauhred The prices recorded at the majority of tle yearling sales during the past summer are in the main satisfactory while the figures paid for highclass horses during the final days of the seison nre nothing short of sensational Good horses never have had a higher standard of value than today and it is a matter of congratulation for tiiose who had the courage to persist in breeding thoroughbreds in the dark days when the life of tiie industry was threatened threatenedIt It is only a few seasons since racing depended in a great measure upon the liberality of those who ontributed to the Owners Fund today we find very association increasing the values of its stakes and purses The result is heartening It gives the breeder courage to persist in his effort lo pro ¬ duce the best and at the same time stimulates the rivalry between sportsmen who care to own the Iwsl that they may pass on to J osteriy high class horses which may be the progenitors of better horses to come
