1096 New Yoek State Breeders' Association 



price set by the Government must necessarily vary with the local 

 market price." 



The Hon. Perry Belmont of Washington, IX C, who originated 

 military races for officers in the United States Army, wrote that 

 the AVar Department believes the best types of cavalry and 

 artillery horses should also be high-grade farm animals suitable 

 for practically all work. 



" The War Department has issued a statement setting forth its 

 requirements for the army horse in which it declares that the 

 galloping horse, the thoroughbred, which has been developed by 

 careful breeding and by racing trials over a period of more than 

 150 years, resulting in a horse of quality and substance, superior 

 in certain respects to any equine animal that has ever existed, is 

 the suitable sire for the class of horses required bv the armv. 

 Few people recognize the fact that the average cavalry horse must 

 be up to carrj'ing 2G7 pounds, assuming that the man alone weighs 

 150 pounds. The best type of thoroughbreds would make superior 

 cavalry horses, but to secure such in large quantities is not 

 possible. The prepotency of that blood (above that of all other) 

 and the peculiar fitness of the breed for army ends make such 

 animals highly desirable for sire purposes. Mated with good- 

 sized farm maros the results should bo fairly good cavalry 

 remounts ; mated with the heaviest farm mares the result should 

 be fair to good artillery remounts. 



" It is not intended to suggest that only by such means can we 

 get desired results, but it is believed that there is no other way 

 that would give such quick and consistent results. Good cavalry 

 horses should have at least one-half of their blood strains from 

 galloping stock (thoroughbreds). That is fundamental. For 

 horso artillery the same requirement would be wise. 



" The principally recognized breeds of this country — stand- 

 ard, Morgan, Hackney, saddle — as is well known, are largely in- 

 debted to the thoroughbred ancestry for some of their most note- 

 worthy traits. This fact helps to confirm the opinion that good, 

 big graded marcs, almost regardless of pred(niiinating strains, 

 when crossed a\ ith selected thoroughbred stallions should produce 

 fairly good ca\alrv horses. The typo of sire, however, crossed 

 with good graded mares should give satisfactory mounts, and in 



