Show GET THOROUGH SIRE colonel mcclure of the government remount service looks lacks over situation favorably impressed with conditions clit ions which he finds colnel mcclure of th the e government remount service with utah arizona nevada and california a as s his territory was here yesterday ill ih res response vouse to applications from tills this locality for a government stallion to be placed here to look gjok over our conditions before determining whether or not to place one of the available horses in this locality lie he and his party which included the county agent mr almi alma esplin and gronway parry and arch from cedar city were guests of the chamber of commerce at its weekly luncheon after wb which ich he be explained briefly tile purpose or 01 the government in ill placing horses h throughout the country the conditions under ahia they were placed etc and then lie and local horse men and the advanced class in animal husbandry from the P II 11 S spent some time looking at some of tie atje local saddle horses during which time he gave out some very splendid instructions and advice concern i ig the class of horses we should aim at the care of them etc briefly revie reviewing ving the history of the governments activities in placing stallions colonel mcclure said that the department of agriculture first tensed reused the growing derth of suitable ca valery horses throughout the country in 1913 and though a small appropriation from congress placed about forty stallions throughout the country at the close of the war the matter was turned over to the war department as the branch of the government most vitally interested and the number num cr has increased until there are now about government stallions throughout the country of the two recognized riding horse breeds the thoroughbreds and arabians the te conditions under which these horses are placed are briefly as follows there must be a sufficient number of suitable mares within a given territory the owners of these mares must arrange with some one of their number to properly care for the horse and to get him from the railroad station the only thing the government wanti ants is a record of the colts as they come the colonel said that he be had an application on file from this locality for a morgan horse but that the government is not placing any of them there is available however horev ir two thoroughbreds and an arabian one of the thoroughbreds a seven year old horse located at ft douglas and the other two in california lie ile described them all and said that in his judgment we should have one of the thoroughbreds for the class of mares we have in this locality he stated that we should breed for horses horse eig hing about 1100 and measuring 15 2 or 62 inches high |