The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-01-01

c0ntendlng according to their opinions
for pacing, trotting and alloping INTO
this hop, step and jump Of horse moyeSs
ments We do not care TO enter but we
know that we have bred gaflopers in the /
line Of galloping for years, being deter
mined that their ancestors could gallops
OF. which is all the same, had q predis-
position fol: galloping. Tie Americans
have arrived at equal successful results.
All OF the PAGES are, however. natural
and there can be as much improvement
made in either as in the formation Of the
animal when looked at from q stand-stilly
5shoWyard point Of view. The old horse
that could walk mile and gallop a mile,
is NO more wanted new than the old
groom who would advertise for 8 situa-
ton guaranteeing his ability to weed a,
garden, milk q COW, wait at table Of drive
agig. We may have Developed natural
gaits, but We cannot say that any par
ticular breed 43Of horses, OF horse Us g
whole, had one natural gait. n
a Washington dispatch says: The In.
yestigation Of Indian land leases will be-
given over to a committee Of senators;
with authority to visit Ill the reserva-z
tions where the cattlemen have gained q I
footho1d. This will make q summers
work, which will not be unpleasant and
it may be beneficial to the health Of the
senators and the exchequers of the In
tlians. The senate committee on Indian
affairs have held one meeting on the
subject; and there was a disposition on
the part Of some members to defer the
Investigation until next summer, on the
ground that the present session IS 50
short and there is so much to attend to-
the senators could not give time to the !.
inquiry without neglecting other dutit 8.
Others Of the committee insisted on
prosecuting the inquiry without delay.
Senator Vest appeared before thee
mittee and submitted the basis Of his
charges and a list Of witnesses By. whom
the fraud in procuring the leases, he
said, could be proved. a resolution
calling upon the secretary Of the interior
for q detailed statement Of the leases.
the acreage 80 occupied, prices paid, etc,
was adopted. Secretary Teller will not
reply to this for d fortnight or more. -:-
[River Press. :55.
The lire stock CURRIERS' at tho New
Orleans exposition are unusually ample,
and are situated in the northwestern
portion Of the park. towards st. Charles
fayenue. There are six distinct build
|ings for horses and two for cattle, with
stall room for Is COO horses and 00cattIe-
The buildings for horses will be the two
parallel rows indi Gated ON the plan Of
the grounds. Each will be s68 feet Tong
BY go feet wide md q feet high, and.
have stnlls on either side, permitting the;
heads Of the animals TO face outward,
thereby leaving ! broad passage way
through the mid dle ot the building. The
buildings for the cattle stand ut either
end of the buildings mentioned and at.
right angles with them. Thay are s7a
feet long ~ u feet wide and 81 feet
/ high. IN addition to the structures for
live stock, q regulation half-mile track
q laid ont adjoining the line Of build
|ings The track and space. enclosed viii
4 also be usei as an area for the .lisplay Of
live sto:k. These areas combined con-
tain: 3 0s0x7s0 feet. the stock exhibition
covering 81 acres 81 ground. Over $f25.