The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-29
TEXAS HORSES
Knocking Ont the sinie-liulinS Prices
a S3S uOrhe Sale.


a Big HOrae Sale.
s.. L1uis Republican.
The Texas horse season may DO now
considered fully inaugurated. Already
large conaignments have arrived at the
National stock yards, and each day brings
additional buyers from all parts Of the
country who come here to lay in supplies.
The Texas horse Of commerce is not the
Spanish pony, or the mustang OF years
gone by, for such animals would find few
purchasers outside Of their stamping
grounds. There is atill great deal OF
mustang blood in the Texas horse now on
sale at the stock yards, but all the vicious.
ness has been bred out, and style and body
added, 30 that half and three quarters
breed make good work horses with a
power Tor endurance fer above the native
or fancy hoiee, and with constitution
more hardy than the mule, which has the
Reputation the world over Of being able
not emily live, but absolutely thrlyo on
beating and scaut fare. Representatives
OF the Eastern street car lines have found
out tina: Texas horee will do more ser.
vice than mule and cos. not half as much.
Rough usage does not seem to effect them
i'll tho least, which is just what street car
corporations desire. For everyday work
on farm they aao give satisfaction, and O
large number find their way to the South
ern plantations.
Raising horses in Texas has become a
great induslry, ind St. Louis is the head.
quarters for the disposal Of nearly all Of
them. Last year there arrived between
the 18Th Of MGy and the 18th of November
over IS. 600 head, all Of which found sale
and were scattered all over tho country,
while many were shipped to England and
France. A couple of years ago breeders Of
heavy hones, like the Norman and Perch.
cheron, experimental in breeding their
stations 10 heavy Texas mares. The re-
cult was,mcst satisfactory, the Offspring in
heriting all the points Of its sire as 10 eiza,
color and docilisy, while It's constitution
was like that Of its dam. This discovery
has created, in consequence, great de.
mand for well.formed Texas mares, caus.
ing an advance in price, and now mares
cell fer more money than horses. Besides
the personal demand, there are many
standing orders that can not be filled.
From this on an active marke. is expected,
but, like everything else, II common and
ecrub stock is offered they will be neglect.
&c, Tor the breeder, feeder, farmer and street
car company want decent sock to prime
stock. Small, thin aud vicious STOCK can
not meet with disposal, even ut iusiguif.
cant figures. Mr.. Samuel A. White, super.
intendent Of the Texas horse and mule de.
partment Of the National Stock Yards, was
interviewed yesterday concerning the prob.
able movement oil stock to market and the
increase Of receipts over those OF last year,
To show how the trade is increasing, and
at what rapid rate the following taken
from tho Texas Lite Steel Journal OF Fort
| Worth, Tex, Of May "a will show: Is,
rs. B. Barnett Of this city recently con.
tracted TO begin delivering at his ranch in
Wichita county on the Goth Of this month
all-the horse stock owned by him run.
ming on the range, including colts and all
to be counted. The purchaser was James
Scott, Of Archer City, he paying sos head
for the entire lot. Tho number counted
out and delivered on the 20sh was 1855
head, amounting to S4G,375. There will
be fully 800 more mares and fillies to be
delivered, swelling the sale to over {, OOt
head and Alr. Burnatt's cash receipts to
over $4,000. While the gathering and
cutting out was in progress Mr.. Burnett
sold 20 head Of geldinge to q trail outfit fol
$50 head. Hu now has on hand frsn
500 10 1000 head of geldings, including
colts from yearlings up. In all, bis horst
ranch was worth about $4,000, and al
| this has been the work Of but few years
and has paid as handsome profits on thu
outlay and care expended as the giant
amount invested in any other stock enter
prise in Texas would have done. Thi
sale 10 about the largest in horses we hay
ever heard OF in tho State, and show
clearly what returns can be made on CAPT
tai thus directed" r.