HORSES AT THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR 



Dr. H. S. Wende, Tonawaxda, N. Y. 



Superintendent, Horse Exhibit, New York State Fair, 1913-14 



HOKSE SHOW SHOULD ENCOUKAGE BREEDING OF STATE HORSES 

 SUITABLE FOR THE FARM 



It lias always been mv belief that the 

 horse show of ■ the State Fair should be 

 condncted with the object of encouraging 

 the production of more and better stock 

 within the borders of the state. After 

 being appointed superintendent of the 

 horse department of the fair in 1913, I 

 consulted Commissioner Huson with 

 reference to the policy to be used in re- 

 gard to Xew York exhibitors. He held 

 the same opinion — that everything possible should be done to 

 make the horse show attractive for resident exhibitors. 



I do not believe that the horse breeding interests of this state 

 are best served by catering to the professional exhibitors of horses, 

 most of whom are importers rather than breeders and whose stables 

 are shipped from one big fair to another, equipped and con- 

 ditioned in a way to make any competition on the part of the 

 farmer breeder fruitless. This refers mainly to the heavy draft 

 classes. I think the correctness of this last statement was demon- 

 strated by the exhibits in the heavy draft classes at Syracuse in 

 both 1913 and 1914. 



NEW YORK HORSE MARKET SUPERIOR TO THAT OF ANY OTHER 



STATE 



No other state in the Union imports so many horses from its 



neighbors yearly as does jSTew York. For the last few years about 



80,000 horses bred in other states have yearly found purchasers 



in jSTew York State; the total value of this importation amounts 



13 tl931 



