The Red Cloud chief., 1890-01-03
MAronso TEAMS.

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I've value Of well-0atohed teams oves
saeOlessly mstchcd, especially carriage
S0ana, 10 not generally givsa much II.
tolligcnt thought The matter Wae veey
clearly placed beSoro me recently, soys
n. L. Hines Ia Nstionsl gtookmsn.
:" want 70 show you M Of . spea Of
horses which ] have purchased. II you
have time o como around 10 tho
stable. It's but . STEP" Thus spoke .
friend, . prosperous jewclsr, who hss .
grcst love for and good understanding
Of trotters end roadstcrs. Going 70 the
stable I was shown . grandly built bay,
with straight back, clean limbs, . Ono
heed and beautiful black msne and tail.
III ! cen msto this fellow I csn sell the
span for . thousand easily" said the
jewclcr. "Dut whore ID bis mater
You said you he'd purchased . span"
VA then given little lesson In
matched teams.
Tho span In question had boon pur.
chased by . wealthy woman, whose
oosohman knew nothing Of the srt Of
handling horses. Tho span we're " the
Same wcight stood the same height
and had the samo black points. They
woro called . w~eil.matchcd span, but
they wero not The one possessed Q
straight back; tho othor's was inclined
70 SWAY" Ono was four inches longer
from center Of tho breast 70 tail than his
mate, and ~ for their hcads thcy wore
different In outline. Then tho mato 10
tho n shown me was, previous To bc.
Ing matched. driven single, and when
sold had not boon accustomed TO the
double harness. Tho coschman know
- little Of his business that he could not
mako tho horse kocpin place. Tho horse
wan cranky and nervous, end the natural
result was . runaway.
OF course aiter that the woman offered
thc span for sale. Sho hsd paid s7O0 In
cold cash for thom and accepted Of tho
jcwclor e4O0 worth Of diamonds for them.
lie saw thoy woro poorly matched, and
sold the poorer n 70 o grocer for $3.50
and kept the bctter. Hc Ia now on the
lookout for 3 perfect mstc, and o. no
has . standing offer Of $1,000 for tho
span. once no gets = satisfactory mate,
ho . afford TO pay $500 for such horse
and mako . handsome profit
Matching horses Ia . science Of itself.
10 IL not enough 70 got horscs of the
sa,nC general looks, II first-class prices
arc wanted. II took . friend and myself
. year ~ find Just tho mate for u hand.
some carriage horse. In the meantime
w nav hundreds of animals Of which
mtg might have bscn Selsotcd that
would mako fair mates. In mstching,
Tho cyc Of the true horseman 10 sui.
hctcnk. but tho inexperienced must de-
pend . good dcal on the tape line. Meas
Hrc from the top Of the head 70 withors,
from this point 70 tho top Of thu hips
and from hero 70 tho root Of tho tail.
Measure tho length Of the legs from
joint - Joint, tho length Of Ne head. The
distance betwcon cara and eyes, tho Or
cumfsre2ce Of tho body over the withers
End srOdhd The TANKS. Then measure
tho distance 10 the ground from the ton
OF thc hcsd whom elevated 70 Ia full o..
tent and don't forget 70 measure the
stride. After those ,n~easuremeuu have
boon satisfied NON II tho horses src
matched In gait II not try 70 overcome
tho difficulty. for that 10 On important
matter. Once gut . pale Wsu matched
and you will not hunt for o purchaser.