—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 1. 1975
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Horse Population Increasing
A record eight million
horses inhabit this country
according to estimates from
the American Horse Council
in Washington, D. C., and the
number Is Increasing
rapidly.
P L ROHRER & BRO., INC.
The horse population has
more than doubled since
1960, In fact, there are more
horses now in the United
States than before the birth
of the automobile, when
horses were used as a
primary source of tran
sportation and power.
Again from American
Horse Council estimates,
equine events drew over 105
million spectators in 1973.
And in a 1970 survey, sixty
percent of all horse-owning
families made less than
$9OOO annual income.
Why the sudden interest?
Part of the growth is ex
plained in an announcement
from the U. S. Extension
Service, which administers
the nations 4-H program. At
the end of 1974, 320,767 4-H
members were enrolled in
horse projects, compared to
160,846 in beef cattle and
106,526 in swine. This
compares to 30,000 horse
projects 15 years earlier.
But that’s only part of the
increase.
The 12 largest breed
organizations recorded 36
percent more horses in 1973
than in 1960.
Don Jones, Executive
Secretary of the American
Quarter Horse Association
(AQHA), the world’s largest
and fastest growing equine
registry, explains the growth
in this way. “Many people
are searching for sources of
recreation, an ‘escape’ from
the everyday routine, or
perhaps a new business
venture. Our society has a
great deal of affluence and
leisure time to offer the
individual, and, likewise he
desires to get away from the
hustle and bustle of the
modem, mechanized world.
This outlet, more than ever
before we are pleased to say,
is becoming the horse.”
Growth in the American
Quarter Horse Association is
exemplary of all breeds of
horses. AQHA year-end
figures illustrate the
phenomenon.
On November 8, 1974, the
AQHA officially registered
one million American
Quarter Horses, which is
quite a feat for an
association only 34 years old.
The AQHA closed out the
year with 1,038,559 horses
recorded in the Stud Book,
registering 76,559 new
animals in 1974 alone at the
headquarters office in
Amarillo, Texas.
Transfer of ownership,
considered as the barometer
of any industry, also reached
a new high in 1974, with
153,230 American Quarter
Horses changing hands.
A total of 51 foreign
countries have imported the
American Quarter Horse,
but a large percentage of
them are being purchased by
people in the upper midwest
and along the Eastern
seaboard. Thus, the
American Quarter Horse is
returning once again to the
place of his origin. For it was
in the early 1600’s, in the
Carolina and Virginia
colonies, that settlers
developed this animal, by
crossing horses brought
from England with those left
in America by the Spanish
Explorers. These animals,
known as “Quarter Fathers”
were raced against each
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