The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-19

on; the ascending scale runs away up 10
-FOUR figures, but for ordinary use on coun-
try roads, hthe price [ have mentioned
should secure a good. chunky built horse
that will be found very serviceable.
If ! were buying horse for friend
and ne had asked me to use my own judg
ment in the matter-the animal being for
use on good suburban or country roads,
and to be occasionally driven by his wife or
daughterS-I would choose one about s years
Old, sound and chunky, about 1873 high,
and New York state bred. If ON the other
hand, he asked me to buy him a saddle
morse, l would select western bred animal
from the blue grass country, probably. We
get a great many good horses from the
west for the use Of private stables The
best broke horses in the country are those
from Indiana. Ohio raises more horses for
business and draught purposes than any
other state. Kentucky horses are better
adapted to the saddle than any of the 9th.
ers, being light, snowy, graceful and more
mixed with the thoroughbred Our best
saddle horses come from there. But now
such is the craze for cobs that even the
west is given the go-by and its horses are
not in demand for the saddle except to a
limited extent You can't sell gated
saddle-horses-that is horses thai will
slngle-foot, canter and x-trot; there is no
demand for them among the fashionable
owners of private stables in the east"
Nv hat Is the cause Of the ignoring Of
western horsesgn
We'll, saddle horses are used differently
here. GU see, when a man here has
sadde-horse, he takes it out, or has some-
body else take it out for the mere sake of
giving it exercise. He uses il very little, as
IA general thing; whereas, in the west, the
saddle-hOrse is forever on the go. 1t COW
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animal for adapting its gait to every
variety of road. Such accomplishments
are Of little use here where almost all the
roads are the very best that could be
wished for the saddle
Ike Dahlman and Oakland Smith con-
CURED ID the opinions expressed by Mr. La
Fetra with respect to the prevalent mania
for cob-built horses. The cob they consid-
cred less snowy but more seryiceable ami
nal than his predecessor In public favor
1t is unquestioned that the cob has the call
just now, as far as the show of horse-hesh
on the avenue or III the park is concerned.
Equestrlans of both sexes can be seen dash
l 6 through the elliptic riding path on the
stoute5t of chunky built horses, while.
along the drive young ladies of fashion and
their escorts sit behind their cobby-built
bays, little larger than ponies, and sweep
past easy-golng dowagers in coaches drawn
~ bhA4t olOWJ tLoSJIlubh Judb lOOh bhuly
out of place beside the swift aud mettly
cobs. Still, the old families cling to the
traditional style. and the Bronsons, the
Deafields the GriSwolds and the Howlands
are slow to yield the snowy, gated horses
to which they have been accustomed for the
homelier but speedier favorite
The cost of keeping horse in New York,
unless Il man has a private stable of his
own, is considerable. To keep good road
horse and carriage in flrst-class stable
means an outlay Of $50 to $40 per month,
the latter figuers including shooting and ali
extras. The best stables feed horse all he
can eat, but not to the extent of overfeed-
ing. He is never neglected, the principle
being that he mast be kept clean and with his
appetite on edge to be in good health. His
bin of fare is oats, with a sprinkling of corn
and some good timothy hay. He is kept
where he can go to water at any time he
feels thirsty, and he is never stinted in it.
For the rest a capable groom and plenty Of
exercise keep him in prime condition for
any sort OF work his master NAV require of
him DAVID WECHsLER