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DEPLORE CONGRESSIONAL ACTL Reduction of Appropriation for Horse Breeding to 00,000 Pronounced Highly Injurious. iHV C. .1. FITZ GERALD. Tie proposed reduction of the federal appropria tloa for bone breeding in the Putted State* from g-TiO.OOO t.. 00,000 ha- brought a storm of protest from all quarters. . the plan for the peraetaa tloa of the work throagboat the Dalted state- la . modeled after that of the breeding bureau of The .b .key lub in this state, whatever Frank K. Htnrgi*. chairman of that organization, ha- to aaj ill the pi-llli-es will be of intele-l. Mr. Stiirgi- baa bein a breeder of fine hoi -, -all his life and i- a keen -Imb-nt af condiliou- .m erniiig the induatry. It was his hope that the resulta achieved in he Genesee valley would lie duplicated in everj fanning and grazing communlt] througbonl the nation. In discussing the proposal io Kduce the appropriation, Mr. Kturgla -aid ree ; lerday: I When the Department af Agriculture obta lied j i the sum of 50,600 for thi- work the breeding ! i bureau of The Jockey club wa- deeply impressed With the power of u-ofulm— of -u. h a tuml and recognised at once ti Ktraordiaary good that ; ■ would come from it Dot only in the breediag of I ! horses for army use, bat la the development of the I * utility type for both saddle and liana— "For some wars the Jockey Club, although not ; in a position to make a national Improvement, I • ha- sleadfa-tlv pur-ued he policy of stationing valuable stallion- throughout thi- stab- and even • in adjacent territory; faraiahini mare- free to the farmers in the vicinity of Moae of them and doing everything in their power to encourage the I production of animals that would be a credit to the ■ country. Prompted by the examples .,f France, j Daly. England and Austria, every effort was made within its power to secure n-ults and we be- lieved thai the object leaeaa imparted had ac ■ ompltahed inuch good. "The government appropriation," iesnmi.il Mr. stiirgi-. "opened up a much wih-r field of useful , ne-s lo the lioise breeding public. The member- of j The Jockey club realized thai with federal backing , ami the able adinini-tr.it ion of t lit- ipiarterniustei s . departmenl many stallion- would be placed In I localitie- when- their -■•rvice- would be ia demand. They were glad to render every assistance to the movement and donated -everal horses of Mood ami quality. The proposed curtailing of the apptoprU j tiou dining the coming noaaoa i- a great disappoint menl ami a aevere blow to the industry of ! ii-e bleeding, which had taken a new lease of life. Whih the original sum of 50,000 wa- no more lb: ecesMrj lo properly carry out the w i-e and latelligrnl plan- formalated by the officer* of the army, an aeriona reduction from these iigiM.s in. an- a diminution of usefulness and a pronation of a work which promised so well. "Ihe Jockey club will continue it- in ling ha reau along it- own line-, which method- have | formed the ba-i- for the much greater enterprise contemplated In ihe government. Our work i- natnrall] restricted and we have gnat hope , for the m mount plans which have been -ub.jectd to this sudden reversal of a policy which had been accepted by ihe fiivillil- a ml breeder- ..: the COUHtrj a- perman. in . "The demand for the coiil iniiance of horse breed ■tig by ihe United State* government i- nation wid.-." said Mr Siur-i- in concluding, "and the bleeding bill. •ail of Ihe Jockey » lub take- this opportunity to voice in the strangest possible manner it- earnest hope that the appropriation for the • coming year will be at the -anie vale .,- that pre viously made, and that the policy -,, splendidly in I aiigmated will I..- continued ami broadened.* i KENTUCKY CONGRESSMEN APFEALED TO. LEXINGTON. Ky.. February g. When C. i X mittee oa appropriations in ihe Hoaae of Represent* tires ai Washington reported a reduction in the J I appropria tloa "for earoarageeaeal of ihe breeding v ■ of riding horses suitable lor the army, including I co-operation with the Bareaa of Animal laaastry. Departmenl of Agriculture, and for the purchase of t animal- for breeding nurpoaea and their mainte i. nice. from 50,000 lo 00,000, breeder- of , homer., regardless of breed- or type-, wen- thoroughly aroused. Ihe mem bera of Cuigrcs, now . are hearing from the country upon the -abject. Here J j ill Kentucky there wa- a rush of protests to the , office- of the Thoroughbred Horae Association, with ihe reaall that a call was made throagfa thai organ i/.aiion io ihe Kentnckj delegation in Congress to exeit every effort to have the appropriation re stored t 50,000. The Kentucky delegation i- responding that ii will leave nothing nndom to pre- eiii the rrippUng of the plan- of the army for the establish in of a bleed of military riding hor-e f -econd to none in all the world. The American Kenioiinl A— ociation. the Horse , Association of America, the Breediag Bareaa of the , Jockey Club and kindled organizal ions throughout Ihe land, all fully alive to the needs of the roontrj in the matter of hor-e production, are earnestly and | vigorously endeavoring to -how congress that it would make a grave mistake to reduce thi- appro- 1 piialion ami that it would be far better lo raise it. a because the aim and Objecta for which il i- in : iced d could be more promptly attal 1.
