Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1889-01-02
: uhGlE SANS HORSES.
sxsstasee .S the Ar@,v Negotiations Pre-
vi,iiug f,-e Their Purohaso.

vidiuS f,-c Their PurohaSo.
For ten 7ears fo.iowing Ihe ciose et tss
yebciliou the d-Lcv WIS sbpnlisd vitn
horses which We're gath"ced, N wherever
hey c.ul8 i,r found. says the Detroit tgss
Tf,~ Tho cavalry ancses cs3e mostly
from View YORK, fsnnsylvanis, ohto, Much
iaar, nlinois. Indians, Ken acky a1d Mis-
sDari As th. W.steen States and Terri
ierics bseaue sprinkied with settlers, -"
lst satioa az ,he latter was turrsa ~ feo
lnatter et Breeding norscs. Dur'n: 'hr Ia
diap tro-1i,ies OF 1873 and 1879 IL re North
p.as. and Iesas IL was found that The la
-, lr,,t horse,. although trifo under
- re1uiatiyn spe, were much better
a.'sgteu to'reugn service than tho Eastern
tef7cS
rAceommanders n, She Indian division
coAlrnuI catcd thus fact to the dcpartment
ut washington; aud it was decided 70 sup
ily the arnlyof the West with the,n hc">e'.
pnarf 6 masters ware oirectcfi II .bac.iy -
in,- r-ffs;t II advsrtaIEa irr hor..S. For q
couple Of years past rhc i,or..: for both the
cavalry Gnd artillery serv'ce OF the Nost~
r"cn division have been purchased o. The
cosst, and there IA no likelihood OF this
practice being discontinued IN the future.
Lever Oregon and Upper Nevada are now
breeding the ns.st army horses on the roast.
The ranges in these regions are rGc,cJ AMI
hilly, and the horses are therefore provided
with hard noofs, muscular limbs and :. fine
development 81 Cnest and body. They are
consloered far sup-rior to the Kansas
porses Tbs stock, ,ra,sers breed them Ct
pacisliy for ths purpose Of selling thelu 10
toe fferernmert.
The army regulations provide sor'ths pur-
oh <Nr hCp IN ,acr t.s,1 ti1stt fog
AZ matter of course only goidlnrs are ac-
copied TncY must hn sound and III good
rocditlon; that is, with no traces Of consti-
,ntloiai defects, the heieht must be fron,
fifteen to sixteen hands, and they must not
t-' less than five nor moro than .uinc years
o.d. Tho SPECIFICATIONS conclude with the
ambiguous statement that The horses must
nIso be In all respects ftted for the cav ~
service. This later being sol2v u M cf
OF individual op,nion IS the source OF N y
quarrels and Disputes between contrs s
Gnd. inspectors. Moro caro- il exerci---s n
the selection Of q cavalry horse than ao'"c
Intended Cor the artillery service He must
Possess 4 bright, intelligent eye, good
head, shapcly shoulders and breast, anu n
h3sSi hoof. free from splitts and uiisissa iy
marks His weight must be between lSo
and |, 100 pounds The celor OF tl,, animal
has nucn TO do with his being purchased.
The colors which are preferred are roam.
blAck, bay ana chestnut Next ~ these
conle iron gray and sorrs4. Horses ~ " off y
colors, such "a calicoes, huckskins, etc, are
, taken only when il is necessary TO DO 50 TO
complete q contract. White horses are
rarely accepted for the ranks, although
they are sometimes bought and used in
+ mounting buglcrs or a band. The nodus
opcrandi OF purchasing horses is. a. rule,
es follows: At stated periods, say the end
of each quarter each company commander
of cavalry troop makes out requisition
on the assistant quarter1raster OF his de-
partrnent for the number Of horses which
= he may need. When the acquisitions are all
il, the asslstnnt quartermaster advertises
for bids for the horses wanted. the animals
! 10 be delivered at ace3ain place for inspec-
/ ton On n certain dav. Each bid sent ia
| must be IN triplcate and accompanied by a
! guarantee, indorscd by two responsible par
tics, that in css-S the bid is accepted the con-
tract will be fulfilled to the letter. At the
time ana place agreed upon the con3actor
must not uns have the number OF animals
actually required by the Government. but
also sufficient number 10 select from in
case of reflections, and he should fall short
| Of fulfilling the terms Of the contract
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