BETTER HORSES 



Industry Can be Rapidly Built Up in the United States by Elimination of the 



Inferior Stallion — Need of Horses in the War — Allies Have 



Taken Many, but Not the Best 



IN SPITE of the fact that most of the 

 cavalry troops in the world's armies 

 ha\'C been dismounted and their 

 dashint; squadrons rejilaced by "tanks" ; 

 in spite of the fact that autos, tractors, 

 and many other mechanical contri- 

 vances have been devised to replace the 

 horse; nevertheless, the brccdin.i,' of 

 sound horses is of mure irnnortanec to 



this nation today than ever before. 

 The spavined, stringhalt, and rinjj;- 

 boned horse is more than ever an unde- 

 sirable member of the industrial forces, 

 but the horse of j^ood conformation and 

 quality will steadily be in such demand 

 that every sound animal will have a defi- 

 nite part to play both in war and in peace. 

 It is at such a^timc that the horse 



A <,K\I)K rUOTTIiNi. .SlAl.MON 



This animal was used from lime to time for service in Wisconsin under the law prevailing; 

 there which permits the li'cn.sinj; of ^rade stallions for public service. So imsound 

 and enfechlcrl that it would a])pear he would hav^e difficulty in walking, it is hard to 

 understand why he should he i)laced anifmjj the trotters. Po])ular choice, however, has 

 demanded stallions of this breed and it is probably because of this ])oi)ularity that the above 

 veteran, who was palmed olT (jn a new owner fretiuently, was included in this category, 

 although to the experienced eye he jircsenls many ])oints in which he does not "favor" his 

 sui)posed ancestry. Photograph from A. S. Alexander. (Pig. 14.) 



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