Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-02
prices, and ''got left" Now, ! think
that all horse-raiser- will agree with

prices, and ''got left" Now, / think
that all horse-raiser- will agree with
me, that unless the class Of horses 10
especially good, a home sale is the
best. Throughout the season / have
received many letters and circulars
inquiring as 10 the clsss Of horses and
their prices in this region. This must
show that IA little encouragement on
our part will bring thesuthors of these
letters hither. Bur unfortunately our
ranges are 30 vast that when the would
be purchaser arrives here he begins to
hink his journey partly. and his bard.
ships wholly commenced when. after
one or two futile attempts TO purchase,
or not meeting with what he wants,
h. goes farther west, where the facili-
tits Of travel are much better. Thus
the Institution Of n fair would remove
ON great obstacle to the sale OF our
stock. Again the elias. Of horses which
Is most in demand il that most In ia
vor amoDgst u horsemen-I mean
the farm and street-car horse. III buy
ers, therefore, knew that at a certain
date "A large number Of such horses
would be offered, they would feel much
more assured rs TO the success Of their
errand. Horse dealers are not as reck-
less as prospeclors. On the other hand,
while the horses would not be scanned
by the railroad travel, yet al the sea-.
son suggested by Capt. Elmhirst range
horses are the most Impoverished.
Unless We, ourselves. assist nature, we
can not expect IA reap yearly such
crops as this season has given US, nor
without feed or ARE realize II fair value
OF our stock in early spring. If in the
future We can make sufficient provi-
sion to tit our horses during winter, no
opposition could be offered. But il we
continue to handle our horses on the
old lines the winter must be an insur-
nuuutuble ob,tacle. Meanwhile other
schemes might be discussed based on
the same liUes, aud possibly more fess-
able.
First-Instesd Of one fair, there
might be three or four big sales. per-
baps n every alternate month.
Circulars announcing the date and
the cla-s to be sold fright he forwarded
TO many of the dealers and similar ad-
vertlsements published in the eastern
papers.
SecoLd-A company might be form-
ed, rs | believe, has been In Nebraska,
to sell the horses with either head.
quarters at Miles City or back east
the horses to be delivered either wild
or broke.
But Of the three, barring certain
conditions, Capt. Elmhirst's idea Is
for the beet. Danish the thread of our
bete nOir, a Montana winter. and II
must be successful. The spring market
is VIGOROUSLY the best and the Dealers
busiest time. With lots OF prepared
feed we would dare fat horses and at
good prices. IL many Of our horsemen
were well agreed the necessary ar
rangements Tor the fair would soon be
settled. The citizens Of Miles are un-
doubtdly anxious 10 aid us, and while
We know u success IL their also, we
must also remember that Il will add to
ours. Our headquarters are AT Miles,
and the greater the prosperity of the
town the more Likely il it to be the
Headquarters of u best friends-the
buyers. We are all raising hor-es to
sell as expeditIously rs possible, aud
we are not doing 30. II, however, all
should end i'm smoke, one thing will, I
hope, hc brought more forcibly before
the minds of ali horse-rsisers. Hour
horses were lat in the spring the fair
would be An undoubted success: no
part of the west, rather of America,
can show more enterprise in the i'm
provement of horses. In Custer
county there are scores OF registered
and imported horses, purchased vt
great cost, Then compare the maxi
mum OF outlay In good series aud the
maximum Of provision for their off
spring during winter.
We ought to be killed. for IT.
Yours sincerely,
OLIVER II. WALLoP.