Show t THE EAR HORSE v Kol Not long ago g we we g gC a a sla statement made 4 b by G General Gener ner l 1 T Wood od chief of staff staf of the army rn deploring ing pg the sending sc out of the tha C country s so lil many of of tl tho r best strains ns of thoroughbred n us is b or of the statement by high cl 1 and one of best best authorities on army W lorios l' l e in hi the Hie service lIe He SiJ bays S' S f OW ll t to the vast a I multitude 1 of pf f poor pOOl breeding lock in the co in- in n- n tl try if it is a almost impossible ible to obtain nn anything even I a suitable f 3 bl army irmy horse if this c country went nt jp to war wm tom tomorrow it It wC w would ld not be possible f o obtain Suitable horse f for r t the he cavalry and md artillery at t three times the amount 0 of the thi present uI tion As 8 four months is the thc life of a i horse in ac- ac live tive i e service sel the remounts required r d. d after four mouths not be he procured at six or eight times appropriation figures that the majority of the horses now w use in in the army arc arc bred from cx- cx ri n poor llo trotting n c crosses s cs unfortunately tel n with draft stallions th the p produce e being a 1 i hors IOie wit with I a n I bond one half r a as IS big again in as ft a fi flour that would rould not go into a maJ mans man's ts s hat 1 with f doff large bone boue and nb absolutely Of no tendency r lo gait to Iii C of f nl any t typo io I i That rha states the situation ati l about aGol t as hs it ht is and aud as is as f 1 requires Cs a i 1 Jon longer r time tunc t tb JI produce a a. a L l r s than J jt t a batt abatt battleship w we i would think that the thc gOY gOY- gov gov- 1 pm ep should start some stol stock k farms n not t. t to prOof pro fj lt oF pc or of horse tnt juit put to tu produce i its r. r own l lllY and 1 artillery horses from I. I SU such Jl strains slains a as' as asa a pod Jr horseman would a st-a st a cross r s t CJ la us of sufficient strength am lu ul fili h l' l lJJ JJ cl thoroughbred o h r r for ca cavalry a ut v anil hi larger cL c and stronger W Cl pi and thoroughbreds ls for the thc art artil- artil 11 1 c j 51 1 r J 1 V rh li of l' l it There arc horses in iu ilL the thc ni t. t r. r tafe-i tafe and not enough of the kinds fit fit for army service to be obtained ne 1 at a any 1 price It would T that I a L little sensible emi c understanding between n J the hC c wn war l' l p tl agricultural t ural depart department ought t t to C i |