Show concerning HORSES the matter ot of paying great prices for breeding horses is one worthy of consideration by our people it Is isa a splendid idea to get high bred of all kinds but it isalio a good busi to buy where buy the cheapest without in any way sacrificing quality in this connection we have made some inquiries which we believe will be of interest to our readers we realize th that vt it is strictly a matter of business and if people want to invest it is their affair it does seem however that lithe athe experiences along this HUP that tat some of our people have had in the past wight ought to be enough herewith the correspondence brigham city utah april 2 06 mr air W S hansen f dear sir there Is being fo form rm aed ed in this city and vicinity a a com pany to buy up two stallions aitra lite ra k ture concerning which 1 I here with at a price of 2 1 I remember ai having heard you express yourself in regard to this business A and I 1 would like your opinion in this matter or on the business in general whichever way you feel to e express Vy yourself yours veri verv truly NORMAN LE LEE E collinston collingston Col linston utah april 5 I 1 1906 s editor news t g i replying to yo your ur favor of april and 2nd with horse circulars in closed ibea leave to say that chati phad had I 1 no recollection of the belgian stall stallion on mignon dheere winning a ff first st prize at the international show at chicago as ae stated below his pedigree in the circular you sent me so I 1 refreshed rcy my memory by reading an account of the great international horse show as published in the breeders bleeders Bre eders gazette issue of dec 2 27 7 19 1905 0 5 on page 1372 you will find that major d a horse owned by dunham fletcher fietcher won first prize and that the horse mignon dheere dH eure won fourth prize just now when farmers seem to take so much interest in imported horses a few figures from government statistics may be of interest to the farmers who intend to invest for the year ending june 30 1904 there were imported into the united states tor for breeding purposes 2634 horses at al 1 an average price of each horses from england and scotland averaged each and from france each and I 1 from roin germany and belgium horses at an average price of zag each the prices here given are sworn statements made by the importers themselves to the united states consuls at the european ports of shipment I 1 believe the statements are cerece co reci as the importers would have no re reason ason to deceive the government as the horses were adaila admitted led here duly clity free horse breeders bleeders bre eders and inapT teis over their own signatures in the breeders bleeders Bre eders gazette say that prices price ot of bt this year are hardly as gool goo as tiley they were during the past two years so it is reasonable to suppose that when the government publishes an of importations tor for the years 1 KC 65 3 and 1100 there will not be much nuch difference lu in the price of imported stoc ic another feature of the horse hors uusi ness abat t bat I 1 view with apprehension Is the forming of companies I 1 had thought that the experience obtained by our people some 3 ears ean ngo ago when this county was flooded with scrub stallions at exorbitant price would be lasting and that the business along these lines could not again be done in our midst I 1 learn by reading statements trade made by breeders bleeders bre eders and importers themselves as published in the gazette the past three months that the placing of stallions with companies la in the middle west is about a thing of the past the manager of one horse firm in a 1 recent issue says it is almost impossible to place a horse any more with a company there has been too much rak rascality alltY in the company business one dose seems to have teen been enough for our eastern friends why should it not be for us yours truly W S HANSEN |