OCR Text |
Show I BEST TYPE OF I NAG UNDECIDED Thoroughbreds and Mustangs Mus-tangs Divide Honors at Colorado Springs J ; COLORADO SPRIXC.S, Colo.. Aug. J i 24. (By the Associated Press.) Su- perlorlty of thoroughbred horses over I the cow ponies of mustang breeding I for uso on the plains und mountulns of Colorado still remains unsettled, honors In the five-day test for speed and stamina over n 300-mlle course I ! about Colorado Springs recently be ing equally divided between these two breeds, Norfolk star a thoroughbred army charger, was riven the Droadmoor remount endurance cup and first Hj, prize money Rabbit, B COW pony. I'll was glvon se ond place. Pox, andther , cow pony was given third position and fourth honors went to Jerry, a $ cross stands rdbrc id army charger. Rabbit placed highest In stamina and Jerr- placed first In speed, but general gen-eral grading brought them down. GOOD EIORS1 S NEEDED. In Colorado's early days the breod- M' inc of saddle horses was of even more Importance than the raising of eatt!?. Horses were Hie one method of transportation trans-portation suited to the country and ' his horse and his gun were the most 1 1 I treasured possessions of the cowbov l?i ' Chanting days and a new era of v ; economies lessened the importance of Iff! both and the breeding' of saddle ill, i horses was rapidly losing placfi Ul r 1 the state Ranchers and sportsmen, , becoming alarmed over the Increas- i Ing difficulty of obtaining saddle horses suitable for Colorado terrain. ' quickly look up the plan proposed hv l)r-inl Turner owner of the I) Trlchera ranch, of holding a five-day endurance test over Colorado terrl-1 kt , ton, as a means of n rousing interest r; In "the breeding of better saddle horses. Ji Although the old days of rnl'V kings are pone, there ire many needs, 1 for saddle horses of the better type ; - In Colorado They are needed in reg- ' ular work on many of the larger ' '. !,'! ranches where cattle gracing still l.s i ! continued. Countless mountain rm- BOrtS where sportsmen gather In large j( numbers also have pnattV demands for, i i sure-footed horses capable of cover ing the mountain territory ARMY lATKUS HUM t k'jLJ Of the U horses making a start in ' i i ; the contest, three were entries of the ;,': J U. S. army, two were polo ponies. on 1 ijijjj a paddle horse of a New York so- C ciety girl and the other six were cow .-'', ponies. Two of the army entries fln- i Ished first and fourth and two of, i the conv ponies carried away second and third honors Many ranchers and sportsmen, noting not-ing the results of the contest in which speed was counted at 40 per cent M and stamina at 0 per cent, declare fcfj the thoroughbred Is due to supplant ' I the mustang cow pony Oothera some of whom spent their earlier days In breaking the mustongs for domestic use, declare that no breed can sup- j plant it for BUfe-fOOtedness over the j rocky plains and mountains and Bpei I and endurance In lonp rides The Broadmoor remount endurance ', cup won by Norfolk ftar will be com-; peted for again next August. In the meantime It will remain at Colorado Springs. |