Developing an American Utility Horse. 5 



mares and the Standardbred stallion Carmon 32917, a famous horse 

 formerly o^^Tied by Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, Mass. The mares 

 selected for foundation stock were bred along lines knowTi to be excel- 

 lent for the production of horses of the utility type. The selections, 

 however; were made on t^-pe rather than on breeding, although some 

 of the mares were registered in the Standardbred and Saddle registers. 

 An effort was made to obtain only those animals whose breeding was 

 in lines that produced the utility t^-pe and which were of the desired 

 type themselves. Since the begmning of the experiment in 1904 

 careful selection has been made of the progeny produced and only 

 those adhering closely to the type desired were retained for breeding 

 purposes. 



Fig. L— View of the United States- Wyoming horse-breeding station, Buffalo, Wyo. 



The stallions used in this work have been Standardbred only, the 

 stallions Carmon 32917, Cedar Red 01486, Loyal D. 50088, Wilmering 

 48569, and Harvest Aid 63908 having been used up to the present 

 time. The latter stallion has just recentlv been added to the stud 

 and a number of station mares were bred to him in 1919. The results 

 of these matings will be observed with a great deal of interest, as it 

 is hoped that this well-bred stallion will ^'nick'' well with the mares 

 at the station and prove to be a fitting successor to his illustrious 

 predecessor, Carmon. The breeding of Harvest Aid 63908 will please 

 the most fastidious, and as an individual this stallion combines si^.e 

 with speed and a marked degree of quality. This stallion should be 

 prepotent, as he is richly bred in bloodlines of great producers. His 

 sire is the famous champion trotting stallion The Harvester 43637 

 (2.01), and his dam Santos Maid (2.08|) is one of the best-producing 

 m^atrons by the most famous of living American trotting sires, Peter 

 the Great 28044 (2.07|). 



TYPE OF HORSE SOUGHT TO BE FIXED. 



The object of this horse-breeding exi)eriment is to continue the 

 study of the possibility of evolving a distinct breed of horses from 

 foundation stock selected from our native breeds — the Standard- 



