ARE HORSES DETERIORATING?
A FARMER'S VIEWS. The plea that horse-racing tends to improve the stamp of horses was questioned at yesterday's Agricultural Conference. ' Mr. 0. Hawken, of Taranaki, referring to light horses, said he was an favour of anything that would improve the breed. Tn liis opinion light horses were deteriorating very much—a great proportion of them appeared to be merely squibs. This deterioration, he thought, was caused by ei-oss-brcedin.tr, but the blood horse himself had deteriorated until lie was no sizo at all. This falling-off had gono on move particularly during the past few years. If racing people were to consider the niat.ter, and raised the weights and increased the distances so as to giro the country stouter and better horses, a very great improvement would be seen in a few years. Considering that the racing club's got practically a snbsii!;- of a quarter of a million a year from the public they should certainly do something in this connection. It was essential to have good animals as sires. First-class stallions would do much In improve tho stock. "I wish," said Mr. Hawken, in conclusion, "that tho racing people would -consider the matter more, and try and make tho thoroughbred a utility liorso as well as a racehorse."
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1209, 18 August 1911, Page 4
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209ARE HORSES DETERIORATING? Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1209, 18 August 1911, Page 4
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