Telegram-herald., 1889-08-18

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~ 2aE = TIE ee~s horse for coN PEI
~ il is AZ &c s4xas. ~1er1sr 80
ssnt them Scr a coupe - a to1r-- -1sas.
she * - nrst choice Yeas coa -
horse sho1id - 4eolt sixtsen hznas
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nearer * - - oo5-s14ps rs better FOR
= good. sound soans horse ~ Ehst
enar4e Ter 80 should par a. 10 sss
from $50 ~ Nos san get very good
one indeed for go. kor village cart
/ woul1 select . good size. sas fourteen
and half ~ ftleen and hat hands
high. Fifteen l. good size j. o1gat
% be Lad fsr about re same price -
good coupe horse. II should bee = good
goer and there = 10 bgtla Tat can 60
Ike the cob.
For tandem your wheel horse
be an inch ana . aalf TALLER than
leader, because II makes Them
better together The wheeler has
bio end OF the draueht need. nt rat
and height To help h.m, While tle leader
needs % be very quick on Ills mouth
and on the rein. otherwise lre shafts
would 60 right on 10 the le-ter, and
YOU would bee doubled aD lts the
easiest thing p the world 20 drive with
q well-mated wheel and leader. Zach
knows his own share ~ she work ami
the leader RESPONDS Just quickly enough
70 suit the Wheeler A good tandem
team-2n sound and fine. aad we'll
behaved shouldn't cost more than $500
or 500. You can bay for less. out they
would not De hrst-class, by any means.
There are some good oldts shioned
folks who wouldn't drive cobs ia car
rage team and they stand b. the old
style still, Is and shslf hands, long and
rargy horses. like Cleveland bays.
The Younger generation, however, have
caught the English idea, which Is the
cob. 4 good carriage team comes all
the way from 81, POO 20 - 500. and you
can go down the scale il you wish, and
probably even do we'll at 81 600. Again,
if il Is road horse You want FOR light
wagon, there are hundred things 10
be considered in making choice. The
build, the breed. the style and the speed
are all to be taken into account. Your
animal should be sound. we'll bred, and
absolutely free from imperfections, II
YOU mean 10 have any satisfaction out
Of il on the road. Remember that the
same description, as lar as words are
concerned. might truthfully be applied
TO two different horses and yet the
values might be widely apart. per
feet horse is invaluable and nothing
tries the real qualities Of horse like
the road. A fairly good road horse can
be bought for from s225 70 $3.50, but
these are only figures 20 begin on; the
ascending scale runs away up 10 -four
figures, but for ordinary use on country
roads the price / have mentioned
should secure good. chunky-built horse
that will be found very serviceable.
IF l were buying horse for a friend
and he had asked me 10 use my OWL
/ Judgment in the matter-the animal
being for use on good suburban OF
country roads. and to be eccasionall,
driven by his wife or daughters. l woulC
choose one about eight years old. sounC
and chunky. about 1873 high, and New
| York State bred. II. on the other hand
he asked me TO buy him saddlc-horse
/ | would select a Western bred animal
! from the blue grass country, probably