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trot of the true saddle horse, and they are so different in the way 

 they are set np, that it seems inconsistent to interchange the use 

 of either. Yet there is ample and proper endorsement of the 

 trotter as the horse to ride to warrant his recommendation for 

 such use. Business men who have limited time in which to ride 

 for exercise are especially warm in their commendation. 



j\luch has been heard of the remount problem of late. The 

 Standardbred has always given a good account of himself in 

 service and appears to be leading in the solution of this problem 

 today, notwithstanding Thoroughbred and Saddle Horse conten- 

 tion to the contrary. If a census of the thousands of horses re- 

 cruited for foreign service in this country the past few months 

 were taken, Standardbred breeding would be found to predomi- 

 nate. This fact does not attest the greater suitability of the Stand- 

 ardbred grades as mounts, but is accounted for by the very good 

 reason that they are available in greater numbers and in more 

 different parts of the country than any other horses that will 

 serve the purpose at all. The country is already stocked with 

 good Standardbred mares. Are they not our greatest asset in the 

 remount contingency ? 



We, of New York State, hold the Standardbred in highest 

 esteem, for sentiment and state's sake, for the i>iorv that has been 

 his, and we protest against counting him down and out, as some 

 would do, for time to come. 



