The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-31
FINE HORSES
something Of Interest to Our Many Horse
Owners and Raisers.

I ann " nnfe nOfHttA arr ~ IN HhiHO AHS
| where. it ix in and around Rnzcu,an. We
| believe that the time il not TAR distant
when Montana will b.. celebrated for its
horse.~. AZ it il now for its cattle. The
farmer OF t;allatin valley are raising
horses. both for draft and driving I'ur-
! ,x'st,+. that will command ready sac in
| eastern markets. and with little rar.
in breeding will he able to comnete with
any Of the eastern mr. southern states.
andsthe "caynse" will soon III. thing of
the past 1t is certainly ~ cheap t. rnis..
horses as cattle, and at three or fnr
years Of age they are worth more than
double the amount that a three ycar-"ld
steer will bring There has already is.-n
shipmd several car loads Of mules
and fine bred horses to eastern markets
by some Of our entcrprising citizcls.
but with what success it il not Yet
known.
1t is to he regretted that the farmers "i
Gallatin valley tan not meet togethr,
every year and hold IN agricultural fair.
and give purses for trials Of speed. Now.
when we mention trials Of speed. We Il"
not mean this for the benefit If gamblers
this feature should BE- discouraged in
every way possible But We believe that
speed trials encourage farmer, I" pay
more attention IL Dressing and thus in
crease thu value If their ~tMk. These
exhibitions would .,lu more t, show Tie
resources Of our valley than All, thing
else, and having the richest valley in the.
territory, they could give All exhibition
that wonld he a grand success II the
people here can get up such ALI exhibit
ton in about three days as the. did at
the Willard celebration, What might
they not do with several DAYS to pre-
y,are in? This wound ais" be the means
Of throwing considerable money into
circulation, aud keep ut home thai which
now xues u Butte and Helena every iall
Speaking Of some of the fine horses
raised and bred around Bnxeman We
VIZ might mention, Mountainerr, ".neh
10y X. r. Barnett, and driven by Edward
Lafferty. Mountaineer is y full ,rnti,-r
to Kanchero, ami, in our opinion is liable
TO he ii dangerous competitor in another
year. He will lie logged dnrin. the VII
ter, snd when the season opens will be
put in training.
DR.. Foster, also has a very promising
horse RoIla, raised by John NJ. Robinson
Kolla il Clark Chief colt. and in the
little handling he had this last simmer
showed himself to liz trotter Of no
mean pretenti"ns. He will als, he put
training when the SEASON opens.
W. ) Mckinzie's Clark Chief colt,
calhoun, is not to be left unnotit,,d. lie
seemed to be very unl,cky last year, but
surprised the boys little. if not his
owner in the first heat Of the matched
rack. in which he WAS entered. and whicl,
by the way WAS one Of the prettiest ami
best races ever seen in Bozenlan. and was
so ack now lodged by every nnt. present. |
{ ,alllOun was not in condition owing t.
an accident which occurred two weeks |
before the race.
Mr. Make is driving his four. year-Oli
Assignee stallion, which is another good |
"nr, and if handled ought to make II
trOtter, or his ltOks deceive him.
ID. A. Cole is driving 4 three-year-old.
Clark Chief stallion, and docs not allow |
every one on the road to pass him. He
moves and looks every inch q trOtter. |
He was raised bv Mr.. Bard Cockeral
Mr. Hawks has sold his three-year-old
Assignee colt. to William Award and we |
expect to hear from him before another |
season rolls around.
Ed. Fridley has taken up his horse
;: Fridley's Joe" Joe WAS turned out in |
september after the race, owing t. his
feet and now is . new horse. his feet |
having been almost renewed Joe shows |
speed and if handled would not be the |
last in the bunch. |
J. II. Nixon Is driving team OF three |
Pointer and Jersey Lilly. |
they are half brother and sister, both
sired by Todewav. he by Aberdeen. Mr..
Nixon is breeding some Of his mares to
Pointer. and has one colt out Of his pac-
ing mare, by Pointer, that IL a. good as
colt. He has also several
lilies by his stallion, John Howard, ont
Of TrDxan mares. MIR. NixOn's mare |
Trade Dollar is in foal by Pointer. Trade |
Dollar was sired by Donerial he by Lex.
ington. Her dam was Fan by Alexander |
Abdallah. With these crosses Mr.. Nixon |
ought TO get tro.ters.
We would like to speak Of other horses
and of some of our breeders. but for
want of space will have to defer it to
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