, 1874-02-21
Horses and Carriages in Chi
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Buggies, Phaetons, RockaTays, Eietorias,
:. Cabrielets, Coupes, Clarentes, !:
Landaulets, and 9th
Cost Of Various Styles Of Equi-
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In reviewing Inc Fat1ous ArucIes OF con1o1s o1
luxury with which q Chicagoan surrounds him
eelf, We find ono special appan.ge Of which, like
most other OF his fellow: :morta1a equally favored
by fortune, he is very proud This is :: -. -.
THE EQu1yK REPRESENTATIVE,
that individually makes Of life either g comfort
| or caro-. When all goes smoothly in the franc,
brick, or stone edidce that occupies that portion
OF one's special house-lot fronting Oh the alley,
| then life is very sweet indecd Let
3 suspicion Of anything wrong, however,
but glance athwart the consciousness OF the
ownor who resides in the largest odifce, which il
| approached from the street, and all tho 5oys Of
! life seem aorrows, its hopes dsappointnents,
| its roses poisonous weeds or, to speak moro
practically, he is Indifferent upon the subject OF
| dinner. His soup may grow cold, his dsh be-
/ come sodden his roast overdona but, with
sublime reckleasness. he answers Ill summons
to leave the domicllo Of his four-iooted faEosite
| with an impatient s Don't bother mel"
Could mans interest further 60? Were his
wife very Ill, his faith in physician and nurse
would appear sublime, so readily would he &C
cede to their dicta regarding the matter. His
dinner would stitl hold q principal place in Ills
thoughts, and, il not ready on time. or not
cooled to q time, he would be quite able to
express his opinion to the cook in emphatic
terms. Ho could sock his office, or go on
Change, quite satisfied that everything was be-
ing done that could, and leaving the result in
the handa Of q benehcent and overriding
Providence. Quite logically, too, for, il he
Ia neither Indian nor Spiritualist, he believes
In no happy hunting grounds for his fayorfto
steed, and therefore has no sustaining vision Of
r beati6c spothoosis connected with it, az he
has With the human sharer Of his joys and sor-
rows. II his horse dies, then, he haa literally
ceased to be, except as certain practical results
may be arrived at in the NAY Of glue, buttons,
phosphate, etc..-mere phyRcal reminders.
Then he feels that no other equine individual
can ever suit him 80 we'll he has grown accus-
toned to his gait, knows just tho feal Of
his mouth, can guido him by + word,
and his high spirit never degenerates
beast 60, he feels no inclination to try new
experiment. Is it strange, then, that, when the
stables become hospital, ho should constitute
himself head-nurso, forget that there is such a
OF hope or despoudency ti1&t fall from the lips
Of the attending "Vet" with breatbless inter
est? Surely not. Whxt is a woman compared
with horse? No man preteuds to comprehend
woman. Every nan thinks ho knows Ill about
a horse.
Turning, however, for tho present, from this
all-absorbing theme, let us Roe what tho local
demand is in the way Of luxurious or comfort
able equipage, and about what it costs to keep
mp proper establishment. consistent with ones [
social position, whether do tacto or only aspirea
to.
First. then, there ia
THE ORDINARY BUGGY
with which Paterfamilias drives down to busi-
ness, and either puts up after he gets there, or
leayes standing near the curb,-the horse in full |
harness, traces unhitched, and the animal either |
fastened to convenient ring in the side
walk, or anchored By still moro con.
tho equipment like ships best bower, making
the business-streets Of Chicago, however, look
very much like an overgrown village On mar
ket-day. and conveying vivid recollection Of
the stone which amateur fishermen On inland
ponds are given to attach to the rope that an
swers for hawBer, and which they also carry
with them for convenient anchorage. However,
setting aside the provincjalism Of the proceed
ing. wo find that these vehicles, whether thchigh |
Buggy tor the active iyspeptic, or the lover
J supplementary gont to his earlier ails, costs
from 5000 to 1926, when Of thoroughly good
make. Harness costs from ESQ to @125 lap
-obo from $40 to $50; blanket from s450 to
mere original cost Of this simple outfit may
:ange from 1854 to s650. In this fneandering
:ity, that spraw1s about, North, South, and.
Vest, like the arns Of Sepin, attaching itse1f
nth nnyieldng grip to acre after acre OF prairie,
ome individual conveyance seems rather ne |
'essity than luxury, even to the poor man but
rom the above figures, which are quite indc-
PENDENT of the locomotive power, it would seem |
necessity beyond his reach.
Next il order comes
MADANE's PHAEroS,
nth single harness. Tho original cost Of this is
rom S325 to $500. The other adjuncts require |
bout the same outlay as the husbands or
ather's; while the whip--an item not considered
q the preceding estirate-may cost either rs
ents or any Gum between that and 975. From
. to e5 however. would probably be about the
owest amount which would be expended in this
irection. A double team would, Of course, :
early double the cost Of the trappings. We ;
nd then, that lady's phAeton, single harness,
osts
hsnfrn cong j.. arm /