The Thoroughbred 



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raise? It is the type of horse whose utility cannot be supplanted 

 h\ any machine- — the horse which is in demand and the demand 

 for which is increasing, such as a hunter or a military horse. If 

 he is wanted for farm use he is available, as well as for any other 

 purpose, especially military. 



VALUE FOR ARMY PURPOSES 



The present strife in Europe insures a splendid demand for 

 our horses for years to come, as, after the war, Europe will for 



Fig. 13. Tiiokouuubred Siiowis" at State Faik. 



a long period be unable to meet its own demands for military 

 horses. All such horses are increasingly valuable as their pro- 

 portion of Thoroughbred blood is greater, whether for cavalry or 

 artillery. In gun horses, intelligence, spirit, speed and gameness 

 as well as size are wanted; hence a horse having a grand-dam of 

 draft breeding and a grandsire and sire of Thoroughbred, is the 

 type most desired, while the cavalry mount is ideally a hunter, 



