Lack of Horses Warns Thoroughbred Industry
Article laments severe shortage of horses impacting thoroughbred production and urges renewed encouragement and support for breeding efforts to sustain racing.
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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1920
Page
6
Article laments severe shortage of horses impacting thoroughbred production and urges renewed encouragement and support for breeding efforts to sustain racing.
An article reviews United States Army remount planning based on 1917 18 AEF reports. It notes one horse per two men, six hundred horses per infantry regiment, and shortages caused by prior allied draining. It stresses the need for extensive thoroughbred stallions and government backed breeding to outfit future forces, with Major General Wood and other officers advocating government action to preserve thoroughbred血lines.
Secretary of Agriculture D F Houston announces a nationwide road program extending through 1920. He credits federal aid act amendments passed by the Democratic-led Sixty-fifth Congress with accelerating the good roads movement and boosting highway construction nationwide.
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