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LESSONS OF THE ENDURANCE CONTEST BY EXILE. LEXINGTON, Ky.. November 12. A few days ago I talked with Will "Woodard, who had charge of the thoroughbred horses which took part in the recent Remount endurance test. He told me that he hud learned much from this, his first experience. He considers that only horses of size and strength, those well able to carry weight, are of any use, hence the necessity of weight-carrying ability in racing. Mr. Woodard also said, "It is only the well-mannered horse, one well able to pick his way, which will do for the army. The sprinter is almost invariably of erratic temperament and his worth therefore for military purposes nil. The stayer is, in the main, more sober, sedate and also better able to handle weight over the longer distances where weight alone really tells." These few findings alone are well worthy of much thought and deliberation on the part of the racing powers that be. Remember the old Wykemist motto, "Manners mayketh man." Manners also innketh horses for cavalry purposes. Manners, coupled with soundness, agility, strength and docility, and this the reason of the necessity, to a certain extent, of the elimination of the present excess of two-year-olds and sprint racing, to the encouragement of wc!ght-for-age racing over cup courses.
