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GOVERNMENT RULE GIVING TROUBLE of a regulation in ¬ tended to prevent the importation of diseased ani ¬ mals into this country Mr 1C 1C Coiissel of the Hloodstock Hreeders Review writes from London to Daily Racing Form stating embarrassments caused and making some sensible suggestions suggestionsThe The recent United States regulation prohibiting the importation of any class of horses from ICng land or Ireland on account of outbreaks of foot and mouth disease has naturally caused some disloca ¬ tion to exporters Mr Strathearn H Thomson a Canadian horseman arrived in ICngland a few weeks ago representing a New York buyer of high class steeplechasers hunters and show horses Mr Thomson is held up with a number of valuable animals which cannot be shipped until the prohibi ¬ tion is withdrawn or amended One of the ani ¬ mals bought privately by Mr Thomson for it is reported si sum in the neighborhood of 1000 guineas is a handsome chestnut gelding by Oriolus son of Melton the Derby winner Kxcitemeut dam of some good winners by ICntlinsiast winner of the L000 Guineas This horse Cold Review has never been raced but won prizes in the hunter shows iif Ireland and he was one of the best known horses with the Limerick hounds for a couple of seasons A fine upstanding horse llil hands high with nine inches of bone below the knee he was brought to Knclainl with the intention of competing at the International Show at Olympia but a high bid by a New York horseman tempted the owner to sell All arrangements were made to ship him to Maryland A few days prior to sailing the new regulations were announced announcedEnglish English and Irish breeders cannot understand this wholesale prohibition for thoroughbred horses are never in any circumstances on farms where foot and month disease is reported Indeed in hiirdly any county where foot and mouth disease has been notified are thoroughbreds reared Exporters are asking If the purpose of the United States Agriculture Hoard would not be served by insist ¬ ing that all thoroughbreds shipped to the United States came from a clean county and are in ¬ spected by a United States veterinary official prior to shipment from a Uritish port Such a modifica ¬ tion nt the regulation would be of mutual service
