Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-12

do overload them, and they drive them
when they are unfit for work. No where
else are cart horses groomed so seldom
as here in Paris. Many animals look as
If they were never touched by curry OF
brush, and it is positively painful to sec
how some entire horses are neglected.
Private coachmen are good to their stock,
however, and many Of the private car.
riage horses are the best to be seen any.
where. 1t il a curious fact that the fin
est and most stylish turnouts are the
property of prominent members of the
demi monde. There are a great many
such women who own two, three and
four carriages and all the way from two
TO ten horses. Bus drivers and those on
street cars are also kind to their horses as
a rule. The other afternoon, going
through the u Auber, a street laid with
asphalt, and where there are more acct
dents than elsewhere, l noticed that, it
was raining and the pavement very slip
perry, my Jenu did not tighten the lines,
and when | said something about the
danger Of not doing so, he replied:
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four years and she has never fallen once;
she trots over the asphalt as If it was a
velvet carpet. She has aParisian foot"
The mare had lean sides, through
which her ribs showed plainly, but she
went along at a fair pace. Four years
of service as a Paris cab horse seemed
rather phenomenal, and | said as much
to the cocher. He assured me, however,
that it was not at all extraordinary. In
the stable to which his turnout belongs
there are said TO be several horses which
have been on the streets for eight years,
and they are none the worse for it. The
principal thing, said cabby, is to get
them acclimated and accustomed to their
work. If this is done carefully and iu-
diciously a horse will stand hack service
as well and as long as any other kind of
work that 1t may be put to. Two hours
later happened to be standing on the
front platform Of a street car when one Of
the two beasts pulling it refused to 60
faster than a walk. After one or two
cuts the driver laid aside his whip with
the words: ''The poor animal is only fit
for the bone yard. She has plenty of
willingness, but NJ legs;' and tears were
in his eyes as he spoke.
Noticing that l smiled, and no doubt
guessing why, he went on to tell me that
lie had been on the line since it was
started fourteen years ago. That he and
his mare had entered the company's
service on the same day, and that since
then she had two round trips every day,
each of them from fourteen TO fifteen
miles. The company had still five or six
horses that dated from the opening of the
road, while at least half its stock had
been in service. from eight to ten years,
and all Of these were yet able to do their
work. The omnibus company are not so
lucky with their horses and are forced to
replenish them more frequently than do
the tramway companies. The reason
for this is that the former are obliged, by
reason Of the weight of their vehicles, TO
use a breed Of large, powerful horses, not
unlike those Of Normandy, and known
from the province whence they all come
as Limonsins. They are fine looking
beasts, but they do not stand fatigue,
nor a they resist the constant exposure
TO all kinds Of weather, which is part Of
their work. The tramway companies
employ little breton mares, ugly, clumsy
beasts, but full Of nerve and endurance,
and the result is they lose very few
horses from the effects of overwork or
inclement weather. Paris Cor. New
Orleans Picayune.