The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-18
Horse Gassin

mas some extra SOOQ SeldlnSS iOr sale,
So has Charley Hamm, OF the Farming
dale Live Stock company and S. p.
Conrad. Mr.. Hamm offers some OF old
Steamboats, colts that are said to be
unusually good drivers. He will also
place on sale several grade and full
blood Percheron stallion OF good quail
ty, that have the merit OF having been
raised right here. The reputation OF
Mr., Hamm and this company together
with the fact that their stations are in
dividually very desirable, ought to
vouchsafe a ready sale.
Hank Gould's two stations are look
Ing well. Hank has prize in the shape
OF colt out OF his stallion Raven.
Breeders remember that $40 or SIS
extra is nothing in the fee OF stallion,
when his colts at three or four years old
will fetch $50 or S75 more than the in
ferior grades. Breed up and breed to
the best.
The old gentlemen Haxby is an excel
ent Judge OF a horse, as are all Of his
sous and they usually manage to corral
the best stock in the country.
John q. Smith, OF Box Elder, believes
in owning good stock. He has a young
Canadian Clyde stallion that cannot be
beaten as a typical draft horse. Hi,
brood mares are known all over as
| first-class.
John A, Perley and son, OF Elk creek,
have been wonderfully successful horse
men. By s4rict attention to business
and exercising good judgement in the
selection OF their sires they are enabled
to offer for sale good horses OF the type
most sought after here.
| V. p. Shoun, OF Elk creek, is another
example OF what will result to the horse
man who looks after the business OF
horse raising as it deserves, Properly
conducted it is the most lucrative en-
terprise in the land. Still another in
stance Of the successful horse breeder
IS H. N. Steele, of Battle creek, than
whom there are few better judges Q.
mans most faithful friend, in the
county. For general utility he has the
best young stock in the Hills.
The old land mark Uncle Jessie Shoe
maker, keeps to the front in his
line OF business.
| Glover Siclller, OF Rapid creek, owns
probably the largest herd OF American
mare in the county. He breeds draft
horses chiefly, but is Il lover OF a good
race horse too and usually keeps a
couple OF trotters and runner OF extra
merit
Will some one trace up the pedigree
OF Chadwick's Mail Boy? Horseman D.
B. Murry might undertake 4he task.
A reporter OF The UNION tried to get
the opinions OF several disinterested
horsemen as to the time that might be
made by the different stations owned
in Rapid City if trained next season
with the following result: Hamilton
Sprague, Mail Boy and Dakota Chic
from 2.421s to 2.47115, Antar, Jr., IN ths
vicinity OF 2.35, while in the case o
Macy Medium his capabilities can bs
best estimated bG the following remarl
OF a prominent stallion owner: 'Th'
i Wilkeses are born trotters with extreme
speed and he might beat us all"
1 F. NJ. Murry, OF Red Owl, was in tow
| Monday.
Tom Daily owns some remarkabl.
good mares and frst-class grad
Percheron stallion that every one ad
1nires. Tom, although a democrat,
a good horseman.
4 Since prohibition went into effec
Plunkett and Lynch have bestowe
more attention on their horse ranc
than they did before. They own som
very good mares and good grade sta
lion