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REMOUNT BUREAU HORSES WIN Defeat English, French and Italian Government Horses in Tests at Olympic Games. On the altar of patriotism was born an idea that not only brought renown to the, U. S. A., but has served this country as well, in the line of sport. At the close of the World War, Col. R. H. Williams, Pierre Loriliard, Jr., and other Americans inter-i ested in the thoroughbred and half-bred horses, determined when they arrived home to institute a service that would be nationwide, the object of which would be the breeding of a special class of horses avails able in time of war and useful in time of peace. Then and there the remount service of this country came into existence. Today there are 2,000 stallions available to farmers and horsemen throughbut the U. S. A. Some of these stallions, thoroughbreds, were purchased, but the majority were donated. Col. E. R. Bradley of Kentucky was the leader in "that respect. He gave the service fifteen stallions. The late Maj. August Belmont, John Sanford and Joseph E. Widener also donated stallions. At the death of Colonel Williams, Pierre Loriliard, Jr., became head of this service. Today from the loins of those stallions there are a number of fine horses, five and six years old, big of bone and of excellent conformation, capable of plowing a field or racing over it, leading a charge of cavalry or dragging artillery into line. As evidence of the fine superiority of these horses, some of which are thoroughbreds, three-quarter breds and half-breds, the following message was received from Pierre Loriliard, Jr., now at the Olympic Games,-in Los Angeles, to C. J. Fiezgerald. The telegram reads: "We won three-day event Olympic Games, Captain Chamberlin on thoroughbred Pleasant Smiles, by Transvaal son of Commando, Lieutenant Thompson on Seven Eighths, bred by Gordon Russell, and Lieut. Argo on Thoroughbred, by Honolulu Boy, were the winners. The last two were bred by the Remount Service. Signed P. Loriliard, Jr." These horses were pitted against the best of their kind sent over to the Olympic Games by the English, French and Italian governments. They were put to a good many tests, which included speed, endurance and strength. Thus the idea of the Remount Service was sustained in the first test of its kind held after the war.
