Show SOMETHING ABOUT HORSES A good man many states prohibit horse racing b by law laws the reason being that there is so much rascality cheating and d demoralization always accompanying ing racing that to abate racing has hos become me a necessity What a shame it is to compel honest horses to bear beal the thc odium of or the sins of dishonorable men But aside from that a great injustice is being done the state b by doing anything which will cause cause horses to deteriorate The nation that is not like the ancient Trojans Trojans made made of natural horse up tamers tamer tamer-js is never nC nevera a great nation The link between man and his horse borse is a criterion to judge a soldier by br As a rule nile the nation Dation with the best horses is the first among nations See how v the native Arabian has moved along his own lines for years that we know of Powerful enemies have ha repeatedly tried to subdue him but the best they can do is to break in upon the outer edge o of his domain domains beyond that the they cannot go So anc and never will until the iron horse takes up the advance With his horse to ride and with the dromedary for his freight bearer he has always been safe Still he is not familiar with any method to greatly improve his stock of horses borses The native nati stock with the climate and daily daB close close- companionship with man are arc al aU that has kept the stock up An English thoroughbred thorough thorough- bred has beaten on his own soil or sands the finest fines Arabian that the desert could pit against him hini And Anc now if horse racing is to be forbidden b by law then every cry state should take steps to sec that the horse b not lot only does docs not det deteriorate but that there should be continual improvement Each state tate can well afford to o establish a breeding station and the general government gov gov- should have a national station of the same sume kind dud Germau Germany France Franca and Austria n all have such stations German Germany has been tl trying ing for a century to produce as perfect a cavalry ca horse as Austria has und ind has failed With ith German stubbornness s it has hns I tried fried to create a type of horse se from imperfect material It should have ha lave gone one to Hungary first and picked ed out a band baud of as ns perfect animals ns as it could have found and t then hen gone to work with those to improve the material and create a distinct t type pc It H is mere merc foul foul- to begin with inferior animals when other cultivated for be he oh- oh breeds that have been years realS can tamel For the cavalry ca a n proper blending of the runner miner and trotter will fill the bill hill Just now in I his this country there is a n rage for crosses with the tho great reat families of France Belgium and amI England for heavy draft animals We Vc r c believe c that could be i improved cd upon by going goin to Hungary and import importing ing a band of lIun hungarian gra grays s for a starter for fur a t type pe horses hoi weighing 1500 pounds pounds which is i heavy enough for all all kinds of American work work with with magnificent style Ir and ail perfect limbs and with action enough for all practical purposes including the artillery The rho poet said ai 1 something about a land ill-faring ill when wraith wealth increases cacs and men decay hut but the land fares worse that hat permits its beautiful horses to deteriorate |