on this portion of the subject he ought to interest all 

 American Cavalry and Artillery officers. 



The Remount Department of the French Army is one 

 of the best. Colonel Couste has commanded a region of 

 this Remount Department. He should, therefore, appeal 

 especially to the officers of our embryo Remount Depart- 

 ment, to the officers of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 at Washington, and through them to the horse-raising 

 population of our country. 



The third and by far the most important class which 

 I desire to reach is the racing man and the breeder of 

 thoroughbred horses, and I think that a glance at this 

 interesting work will convince the racing man that Colonel 

 Couste knows what he is talking about. He did me the 

 honor to visit my modest racing establishment and it was 

 not five minutes before I discovered that he was an expert 

 on conformation, pedigrees and all matters pertaining to 

 racing in France, England and the United States. 



I say that the racing-man is the most important of the 

 three classes mentioned above, because I agree thoroughly 

 with Colonel Couste as to the evil effects produced 

 upon the model of the thoroughbred horse by premature 

 two-year-old racing and by short-distance racing, and it is 

 the racing-man who is primarily responsible for changes 

 in the conditions of racing and, hence, in the model of the 

 race-horse, and he is responsible ultimately for the model, 

 gaits, quality and stamina of the commercial horse of this 

 country. 



E. B. Cassatt. 



January, 1916. 



Chesterbrook Farm, Bervvyn, Pennsylvania. 



