Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-08-16

HORSES I'm NEW YORK.
The Fast Horses and who Own. Them.
From careful estimate, based upon the
| most reliable data, it is believed that III
years ago the number OF working horses IN
this city amounted to some $4,000; five
years aye it had increased to 0,O00, and is
now estimated at 10000. An immense
number Of these horses are owned by men
who have accumulated a small fortune as
draymen and wagOners, and as boss Gray
men" own from 10 to so horses, driven by
their employees, while they supervise the
business
Probably over 200 are blind horses, max
ing their eternal circuit within the narrow
permits of various humble shops, and as
many more upon the modern horse powers
pot treadmill construction, also furnishing
motiVe'power to the artisan. More than
another hundred are cadayerous specimens,
degenerated sons of by no means noble slres,
appropriately termed g scabs, " who partly
earn their doubtful living as ltlnerant ped
dlers of the honest class, collectors OF
broken scraps, rags. etc. z some OF tnelr
swretched taskmasters boast that the 1eed
for one of these half-starved brutes (eked
ont with scraps of offaD costs them less than
half dollar a week! oljsF alha9i 2'3
BY far the best kept class of work horses
| are those large muscular, splendid looking
teams, with sleek, shining coats covering a
fullyirounded form, drawing the heavily
laden wagons of German 7lagerbler
brewers.
Ten years ago there were but few livery
stables of any extent. There were at that
time little under four thousand horses on
livery five years ago they numbered over
five thousand At the present time this
class is estimated at nearly nine thousand
an Increase of some twelve hundred during
the first halfof the decade and about three
fold that increase during the latter half.
Some of these stables are of mammoth
proportions, handsomely provided, and
| owned by men who have too much principle
to charge for meals which their four footed
guests had never eaten.
Ten years ago the private stables of the
city contained about twenty three hundred
horses /; five years age some three thousand,
and the present number is estimated at four
thousand 1t will be noted that while it is
well known fact that the increase in pri-
vate stock (or pleasure horses) has acceler-
| ated within a few years, the increase OF
those in private stables is not much greater
than during the preceding five years. The
compensatlng, circumstance is found in the
| large increase of horses on livery, the most
ofwhich are rOadsters and carriage horses.
Confirmation of this is found in glance en-
PEASANT at the data before us in regard to
private carriages. These, ten years ago,
numbered only some eight hundred; five
| now reach in the neighborhood of twenty
two hundred, with valuations ranging from
| fOurto fifteen thousand dollars each.
Within ten years the value of horses has
increased from $50 to 200 per cent.
| To ascend somewhat in the scale, there
are believed to be from three: to four hun
bred horses in the city worth from s 900
to $4,000, and from fifty to eighty ranging
from that sum to $4,000. Most of these
are valued for their speed among these
Frank Work has 1928 mare, worth ST.,
1000; A. Wintercars Hambletonian 2:31
mare, worth $4,000; VIM Hamilton q
$50 gelding, $4,000; Edmund Jones a $50
gelding, $4,000, a 5000 mare, and another
worth $1,000; A. r. Lamb horse worth
$4,000. Peter Dubois. $50 gelding, worth
$4,000, etc. etc. .....~
| Among the splendid teams of match
horses may be named two of N. f. Hig-
gins, one of which is worth $4,000; Sim
mons ponies, same figure; Somerdike's
roans, $4,000; Edwin Thorne's $1,000
team VIM. Glading's Jersey match, worth
$4,000; Mr.. Hasker's span of browns,
valued at $1,000 $50 IdsIs'i os' 5slc
Four hand teams are no longer a nov
city, as che Habitue6 of our unapproachable
Central well know; some of these are
known to be high priced stock. Among
such drivers are Simeon Leland, q. e.
Simons, (aS10,0O0 team,) Edward Brooks,
Potter Palmer, Mr. Gilman, E.. w. Hough-
ton, Leonard w. Jerome, August Belmont,
etc. etc. ~ ''''' e@''' '1''''
There are probably from forty to fifty
horses in the city worth over $4,000.
Among these are Louis Pettees bay mare
and sorrel, Peter Dubois II 900 black mare,
Mr.. Noes Atlanta mare, JAS McMann's
mare, worth $2O,000,) VIM. Simmons
Hambletonian stallion, -(worth $23,000)
etc. etc. ,,,.,ft 81 Ia f.,...... fie 4s,s.ff ar
| : 1t is worthy of remark that public senti-
ment has become greatly. modified in re-
gard to the moral effect of expensive horse
flesh. Not many years since a sedate
paterfamilias would lear to tarnish his re-
putation for society by paying more than
IS 900 for a horse, and Col. John Harper
may be pardoned for drawing two, checks
to concealffrom public criticism the pay
ment of $500, for a horse thatsuited him.
These fancy prices are, of course, deter
mined mostly by speed-but fast horses
are no longer monopolized by butcher boys
or barroom sWells .fifl r,.a ,.r: 4sifc,fif,e.,.
Mr.. Nelson Post has the largest stable of,
any horse fancier in the city. :. 1t numbers
about $50 horses, valued at about $3.50, 900.
Commodore Vanderbilt has long been
noted for fine horses-hei has two worth
$10,O00-one costing him $4,000 (has
made $3.50 and number of others of con-
siderable speed and value?w 91om 90 Sis
The. most valuable stud of horses is
owned by Robert Bonner, ESQ.,, of Ledger
fame-and to him more than to any other
is due the demonstration OF the fact, that
one may own fast horses and still be
gentleman. Mr.. Bonner declares he will
have " the fastest horses and the largest
circulation" Among his stud are Pocahon
tas, an English running mare, worth $40
000Aof whom Woodruff declared she
could be made to 60 in 2:18;i the Auburn
horse costing him $13 00O-behind which
Woodruff made his last drive Peerless,
who made 2:24L to a Ywaton--the fastest
on record Lantern, who made 2:2416 in
double harness, being a dead heat against
Ethan Allen /; the team of mares-Flatbush
and Palmer worth $4,000; the studcom-l
prising the six most valuable, horses in this
country Mr.. B., like some other modern
gentlemen, will not allow his horses to run
for money. Com. Adoert5se7.. oi's ':.'','s q
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