The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-12-26
a SHORT LIFE AND a HARD owe.
How Car Horses Are Rourl.s. Rrohe..
Patched Up and Retired.


How Car Horses Are Bouslnf, Rrokeu.
Patched Up and Retired.
It should not have Thought It vouId
have paid to work cripnles r.
marked TO the driver of q Third ave
nue. car on which rode down town a
few evenings since. referred to the
near horses hind legs. one of which
was ornamented with q huge flannel
bandage, while the other foot seemed
IN the dim light swollen to an abnor-
NAL size and to be parting from the leg
at the hook.
He's not lame. returned the driver
atfably. That's a boot he's got on
ms near foot. He's had quarter
crack. and the thrush, too, but he
canle out of the hospital week ago.
and 1t don't seem to trouble him much.
This road don't work no lame horses.
Just as soon as they show any SIGNS of
weakness they are sent to the hospital,
end the Best veterinary surgeons in
the country patches EN- up -
suppose the hospital is nearly al
ways well filed, suggested
Why, of course Il is" said the
driver. This works terrible hard on
a horse, mainly because of these
cursed stones Our teams don't have
very long trips and they're not pushed
hard either, but the stones wear 'em
Out IN a few years"
How long does horse last at this
work" inquired.
Three years, about, was the reply.
Some of EN- go on for five years
with patching up, but that's the. ex-
IRENE length OF time that they pull
cars When they have been about
two years at the work their feet get so
sore that they have to be turned out.
The company has stock farm in the
country where they are taken, their
hOofs are pared, and after running
around awhile on the soft ground they
get hard and fit to come back to the
stones again for time"
Where do railroad horses come
from7' asked.
Mostly from the west" said the
driver as he put the brake on hard and
came to standstill while the original
fat lady from Bovery museum was
hOlsted ON the car and paid her five
cents like mortal of ordinary avoir@
dupOis. But they buy horses all
again after huge straining of the I'M
lucky quadrupeds who felt the in
creased weight.
No. there are not many really
sound horses come into car stables.
TIE buyer in the west takes a carload
of horses, and after picking out the
few good, sound, business horses, Sc
lects lot of good horses with Just
sol;Ie trifie wrong with 'en, which he
calls 'streeters, and sends them on to
the city for the car companies Then
lot of horses are picked up cheap be-
cause they have some small ailment
or Flemish which the yeterinaries sue
cccd in curing. They build EN- mp,
as you might say, as good as sound
'u1ls.1
: How are the green young western
Hoses broken into car workl" was my
Eext query. and the driver half sighed
us he replied, Why, right hero in
the cars Haven't you ever noticed a
team working with pole in addition to
the traces? We always work green
horse with an old one, and the pole
keeps him straight and prevents him
kicking over very bad But it's a
tough job sometimes Green horses
are awful scared of the elevated road.
They'll keep looking up and staring
all around to find out where the noise
comes from, and sometimes they'll
Just stand still and Shiver with fright"
How long does it take to get them
used to itl''
..Oh, about two weeks. a car horse
ought to be pretty handy at the end of
that time It'll take 'e1n six weeks or
tyyn months to know the bell, but after
that they'll obey the bell quicker than
q green driver. You'll see a new man
TAIL to put the brake on quick enough
sometimes when the bell sounds, but
his horses will stop and the car will
RAN right on to EN- Horses are quick
enough to learn, but guess their days
are nearly over. Electricity is bound
to do away with them. New York
Herald.