EFFECTS OF THE WISCONSIN STALLION LAW 



Dr. a. S. Alexaxbek, M. I). C, AIadisox, Wis.* 

 Senior Professor of Veterinary Science, University of Wisconsin. 



The effects of the stallion law of Wiscon- 

 sin have been so good that I am snre that a 

 siniihir huv would be equally eifective in the 

 state of Xew York. 



BENEFITS OF THE LAW 



A stallion law is not an imposition upon 

 any stallion owner. It does not prohibit 

 the standing of a stallion for public sei*vice 

 if he is sound; it requires that each stal- 

 lion offered for service shall be sound — 

 free from certain serious hereditary and communicable or con- 

 tagious diseases — and shall be correctly labeled as to breeding. 

 This is for the protection of the owner of mares, who will be able, 

 by reading the license certificate of the enrolled stallion, 

 to learn whether the horse is "■ pure-bred/' " cross-bred," " grade '' 

 or '' scrub." Many stallions now accounted pure bred in Xew 

 York will be found to have registry certificates from stud books 

 not recognized as standard, or to have fictitious or even fraudu- 

 lent pedigrees or registry papers. If a stallion law^ w^as passed, 

 such stallions, if permitted to stand for service, would be correctly 

 labeled as grade or scrub as the case might be. 



A stallion law quickly prevents all fraud in stallion pedigree 

 and registry matters, drives out the notably unsound sires, and in 

 time tends to eliminate grade and scrub stallions. Such has been 

 the eftect of the law^ in Wisconsin, where it is approved by edu- 

 cators, legislators, horse breeders and fanners. 



THE WISCONSIN LAW 



The Wisconsin stallion law was drawn up by the writer of this 

 article, was enacted by the legislature of 1905 and Avent into 



* Dr. Alexander drafted and had enacted the first stallion enrollment law in 

 America. It was enacted in 1905 and went into effect January 1, 1906, in 

 Wisconsin. 



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