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NEED ADDITIONAL STALLIONS Demount Service Work Growing and Meeting L with Wonderfully Successful Results WASHINGTON D O June 20 No economic activity having a bearing on the future development of one of the countrys most vital essentials coin pores with that of the National Remount Associa ¬ tion whose object is the improvement of general purpose horse conditions in every state in the union unionTills Tills organization is only eighteen months old It had its birtli in France during the closing days of the great World War and came into being through a realization that the United States was sorely in need of a type of horse that could be used to advantage in times of peace and be avail ¬ able in case of war Those who were charged with the horsing of our troops had viewed with cqncern the grave situation which existed in France threat Britain and France were compelled to furnish remounts for American cavalry The fact that many of the horses supplied had at one time roamed American pastures finding their way to European shores through purchases made by agents of France and England prior to our entrance into the war ijittigated the sting somewhat but the quality and character of the bulk of the horses from the United States was a reproach to the breeding interests of V tlie country Then and there a resolve was made by a fcsore of enterprising young Americans that the time for an awakening of the conscience tit the horse breeders at homo had arrived H6rso show wern held at various points in Franc and the gospel of better horses for the serv ¬ ice wan spread with great rapidity It was not until November of 1919 however that anything JH Jtlje way of a permanent organization was formed This had its inception in Washington and with ttmembership of only ninety R II Williams Jr VaX elected president and things began to happen Tjie first important detail was working agree ¬ ment with the federal authorities operating the Quartermaster Corps the governments horse breed ing experiments having been transferred to the army by the Department of Agriculture Following the examples of foreign governments it was de ¬ cided to use thoroughbred sires in every grazing community The country was divided into zones and a plan for horse breeding which made friends mong the farmers from the first was inaugurated strong breeders commission composed of army ai 1 civilian experts was pressed into service and tht work systematically begun Te most recent reports from headquarters in this city distributed by Secretary Cederwald shows 104 stallions on hand of which 85 were donateo by individuals or organizations thus indi ¬ cating spirit of cooperation which is a guarantee of succes NO jlkORE OPPOSITION FROM TEXAS Althoufh the breeding season is not yet concluded concludedreports reports indicate an average of fiftyfive mares for each of the horses At the recent annual meeting otjthe association in the Munitions Building Maj C L Scptt in charge of the Bureau of Purchase and Distribution for the federal service reported utjilemand for 700 horses last spring This meant tlint thousands of farmers and breeders had been disappointed It was urged that this condition should not exist next spring No fewer than fifty five applications for stallions came from Texas and it is worthy of comment that the hulk of what little opposition was manifested toward the move inent iu its inception came from1 this state a few private breeders being fearful tliat their business would be interfered witli witliJt Jt was quickly shown that instead of exercising a harmful influence the remount movement would be helpful Light horse breeding in most parts of Hie United States is negligible in its proportions Tlie drafthorse men wen convinced that many of their mares were ideal mates for the proper type of thoroughbreds while the mule breeders required only a little enlightening to show them the value of blood in their hybrid product Friendly relations were the outcome of the work of education which Cfil F S Armstrong head of the Federal Uemount Service put into operation Premiums at the vari ¬ ous fairs for Ktaillions mares and foals are serv ¬ ing a useful purpose in cementing the bonds of good will which have been established everywhere The need now is for an additional supply of stal ¬ lions for 1922 It is not easy to find the type which must have substance and bone and at the Kaine time be sound and possess the quality for which the horse of blood is noted The race tracks Jirid thoroughbred nurseries are being drawn upon constantly for only horses of proved courage iu life test of racing are wanted in the campaign wliich is going to furnish the United States a cav ¬ alry remount worthy of the men in the service
