Horse Association of America Promotes Equestrian 



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THE first and only great national organization 

 to aid and encourage the breeding, raising 

 and use of good horses and mules, has come 

 into existence mider the name and style of the 

 HORSE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. In it are 

 united the various business interests related to 

 horse production and use, which, through this 

 body, combine their support and strength with 

 the men actually engaged in the breeding and use 

 of horses and mules. 



Allied with it also are all of the great record 

 associations which have to do with the encourage- 

 ment of the individual breeds, and such other 

 organizations directly interested — as the Chicago 

 Equestrian Club and the American Remount Asso- 

 ciation. However, though the activities of the 

 Horse Association "cover the earth," brief mention 

 in this article will be made only of such efforts 

 as pertain to equestrian, sports and the saddle 

 horse breeds contributing thereto. 



The Horse Association of America takes the 

 position that horseback riding is the oldest, most 

 widely known and most healthful of all outdoor 

 sports, available alike to young and old; that it 

 deserves to become the most popular regular 

 recreation in the United States and other coun- 

 tries; that in order to insure its spread and growth, 

 permanent facilities therefor must be made avail- 

 able; and that demand for saddle horses must be 

 created before farmers and breeders can be in- 

 duced to expend time and intelligent attention to 

 their production, to an adequate degree. 



The Horse Association of America has made sur- 

 veys of bridle paths and general facilities now ac- 

 cessible in our leading cities, and has constantly 

 sought to bring them into prominence through 

 publicity channels open to the Association. It is 

 confidently believed that within five years' time, 

 the practical, definite work of the Horse Associa- 

 tion of America will bring into being a civilian 

 army at least two hundred thousand strong. These 

 riders will not only gain in personal health and 

 well-being, but will create a demand for good 

 mounts which will encourage intelligent effort in 

 breeding the various strains. 



Of the fifteen pure breeds of horses developed 

 by the patient work and untiring efforts of horse- 

 men, six provide good saddle horses and two fur- 

 nish ponies suitable for children. 



The Arab, of which studs are still maintained in 

 the Orient and in France, England and America, is 

 the oldest breed of horses known. Cradled on the 

 desert sands of Arabia long before the coming of 

 Christ, it has been, from earliest times, a saddle 

 horse on whose speed and endurance the life of the 

 rider often depended. Because of excellence in 

 qualities named, the Arabian blood was freely 

 used in improving the saddle stocks of France and 

 England. 



The Thoroughbred, the technical name for the 

 breed of race horses, resulted from a fusion of the 

 Arab, Turk, Barb and the native running horses 

 found in England. The Turk and Barb breeds 

 were much like the Arab, developed for the same 



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