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Show DEMAND FOR ARMY HORSES CONTINUES IN ALL COUNTRIES Opportune Time for Fnr-Sls?hled American Farmer to Gather in Itest Slump of Thoroughbred Stnlllons and Mares for Purpose of Ilreedinx Good Standard Animal for Martial Nations. TV, 'X . ; " - -.rrx V". v' '' , . ': :. :.:::) V ,'. I - .. ' - ' V v ":,A 1 Excellent Type of Army Horse. my CAPTAIV A. H. WADDKl.T) Although there Is no great war going go-ing on at the present moment there never ban been a time when army tiorKcs are so much needed as they are at present. for notwithstanding Ungues tribunals, Carnegie peace funds, and an apparently general dn-slro dn-slro for arbitration and the peaceful eulcment of International dispatchers dispatch-ers every great and military nation of the world Is Increasing Its armament both on lnnd and at sea the great martial nations of the world are nothing noth-ing more nor- lesa than armed camps. Foreign governments are well aware that horses cannot now be bad by the mere purchase of them In numbers anything like sufficient to supply their demands. Indeed the searclty of army material In the shape of horse flesh Is not to be bad In anything like approaching ap-proaching the numbers required. The United States has spent an average av-erage of $30,000 a year on cavalry horses. Frane has noted $1,600,000 and Germany $950,000 to horse breeding. breed-ing. In England thy spend something jver $20,000 a year for breeding horses, many of which are at once marked down by foreign buyers, and the shortage short-age of horses bred In this country during the last three years amounts to something like 30.000 and In spite of the huge proportions of their army estimates, the remount department. An additional 30.000 horses are needed need-ed to reach the minimum of riding horses Immediately required for that army to say nothing of artillery and Grausnort animals. able to live peacefully with his neighbor neigh-bor and without wanting to rob him of that which Is bis or measure words with him to see who shall claim some coveted territory, as bis own. Yes, wars will go on. and horses will be required moro than ever although al-though peace rest upon the greater part of the world today. Since racing laws have come Into effect In various parts of the country and so much thoroughbred stock has been, and Is still be sold and widely dispersed and there are still many horses of this class for sale, there has never been a more opportune time for the far sighted sight-ed American to gnther In the best stamp of thoroughbred stallions and the best class of brood mares for the purpose of breeding a good slandar of army horse to supply the enormous armies of the great military nations of the world, to say nothing of the United States army Itself. Artillery, cavalry and mounted Infantry, In-fantry, are now the arms of the service serv-ice upon which the outcome of a campaign cam-paign depends, and this force to be effective must be horsed In such a way as to leave no possible doubt as to tbe standard. It must be as fast as It Is possible to make It, always In condition, trained to the hour, and "fit to go," at a moment's notice. The makings of such horses as these would always be on hand for the great armies of the earth of tbe largo ranch owners If the roiling west would start In and breed a class of horse that would meet their detnanda. The scarcity of horses In tbe British army Is appalling, the breeding of suitable suit-able horses In England sinks progressively progres-sively and official condemnation of existing ex-isting methods of a new organization have dlrturbed the horse "oclttles and the Industry In general. Farmers, who muflt be the natural agents In breeding horses are out of touch with tbe war office, and are giving up what might be a sound and fairly lucrative part of their business. Such facts as these ought to open the eyes of alert America whose facilities fa-cilities for stock raising are unlimited All the peace congresses In the world will never prevent war. nor will wars ever cease until man has assumed a far higher plane and a far higher civilization civil-ization than he enjoys today. Tbe Ftruggle for existence and the survival of the fittest will tx In evidence for many thousands of yesrs to come, and It will only be after the refining Influence In-fluence of progressive evolution has been slowly opeiating towards Improvement Im-provement for ages, that man will be . I |