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EDITORIAL. 
tative pledged to support it, it will fail if you slacken your zeal 
nowpif you do not stand behind your committee to a man, fight¬ 
ing until the last atom of opposition has been withdrawn. Relax¬ 
ation on the part of one man may lose the fight. This is a crucial 
moment. The interests of the profession in a great department 
of the government are at stake. The bill was introduced in the 
Senate by Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania on March 12th, and 
was referred to the Senate Military Committee, a list of whose 
members is published on page 22 of this issue. In asking your 
Senators to support this measure in that body, endeavor to have 
them exert all their influences in having the bill favorably re¬ 
ported by that Committee. 
RENEWED ACTIVITY IN THE HORSE-BREEDING 
INDUSTRY. 
As a result of a combination of causes the horse-breeding 
industry seems about to spring into renewed activity throughout 
the country. One, and perhaps the initial cause, is the realization 
on the part of the American people, of the scarcity of available 
horses suitable for army remounts, which has recently been 
brought so forcibly to their attention by Major-General Wood, 
Chief of Staff, United States Army. Another is the realization 
on the part of those who 1 have for the past few years replaced 
their horses and carriages by automobiles, that they have sacri¬ 
ficed all the individuality, style and finish that goes with a beauti¬ 
fully equipped “coach and pair,” manned by a liveried coachman 
and footman, for the monotony of a “ machine ” that is like a 
thousand others, manned by an “ engineer,” who lacks all sem¬ 
blance of style or gracefulness; and at many, many times the 
cost of maintaining their horses. Still another, is the realiza¬ 
tion on the part of those employing* large numbers of both light 
and heavy truck horses, that the promises of the builders of auto¬ 
trucks to furnish them with a more economical means of trac¬ 
tion and transportation in general city trucking have not been 
