1098 New Yokk State Breeders' Association 



President of the American Saddle Horse Breeders' Association, 

 who wrote that " the New York farmer needs a better cLtss of 

 mares and then stallions from which these mares will produce a 

 heavy utility horse; I do not mean the heaviest utility horse but 

 a medium-weight horse that will weigh from 1,200 to 1,400 

 pounds. This is better for the farmer, good for ordinary uses and 

 better for the artillery service of the United States." 



Mr. Fred Pabst, of Milwaukee, and Mr. George E. Brewster of 

 Newburgh, N. Y., advocated breeding the Hackney and Mr. 

 Spencer Borden of Fall River, Mass., recommended the heavy 

 draft horse, preferably the Suffolk. 



Now, in conclusion, as intimated in my previous remarks, if 

 it be the predilection of the farmer to breed pure-bred saddle 

 horses it is easy for him to obtain the American Saddle Horse . 

 Begister and pick out the horses and mares that may suit his purse 

 and breed saddle horses that will bring a large profit ; these, how- 

 ever, will be horses that in order to be profitable must be given 

 an amount of training and finish to catch the eye of the buyer 

 and the cost of their keep may also be somewhat diminished by 

 a certain amount of light work. The same applies to the breeding 

 of the light-harness horse — if the farmer desires to breed trot- 

 ters, either for the track or the road, he should have an eye to 

 the symmetry and beauty of the horse. In the breeding of 

 high-class carriage horses all he needs to do is to consult the 

 Hackney Stud Book; the same with the breeding of thorough- 

 bred saddle horses, either for use in pleasure riding or racing. 



What I have endeavored to show is that the crossing of a pure- 

 blooded stallion on farm mares of substance may result in pro- 

 ducing horses that will fill the gap existing as to what is most 

 required at the present time. This is a matter both of patriotism 

 and of personal iutorosts. 



We may all congratulate ourselves that we are not living in 

 the days of William the Conqueror, the first King of England 

 who attempted to produce a horse especially adapted for agricul- 

 tural purposes; or of H(nirv IF. wlm was the next English 

 monarch who made efforts to improve the race then known as the 

 "great horse," by importing large-sized stiilHoua from Flanders 

 and Holland ; or of Edward TT. or Edward ITT, or, after a lull 



