Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-17
ROUND-UPS.
A Livestock Agent Tells What He
Knows About the Different
Breeds of Stock.
The Situation In Montana Plainly Talked
neutrality-suspicious. on Feeding Stock
for the Markst-General Notes.

Livestock agents of railroads come
across some queer cases now and then, -
said Col. j P. Moore to a GAZETTE re-
porter yesterday, "and you would be
surprised to hear of some of the claims
that are put in against the roads for
damages. 1t was only short time ago
that had to settle q claim against the
Texas and Pacific road for hog killed
by one of the company trains. l did
not see the hog, but when the owner OF
it claimed II was a thoroughbred Dur
ham began to suspicion that something
was wrong and determined to investi-
gate. 1 had been engaged in the hog
business myself at one time and knew
something about the different breeds,
and of course knew there was no sucA
breed as the Durham There are Dur
ham cattle, but no hogs of that kind.
1 had at one time as fine bunch Polled
Angus hogs as you ever saw, and made
lots of money on them; sold the pigs as
high as $50 per pair, and was too well
posted in hogs to be imposed on by this
man with his Durham boar. Well l inves-
IIgated the case and found out that the
animal killed was nothing but a common
scrub animal. L joshed the fellow about
the matter unit! he withdrew his claim
and said he never owned hog in his
life. -
"Another case that come under my
jurisdiction was the killing of q bull. In
this case the man was evidently entitled
to good damages, but l made rafting
good settlement. The bull killed was
splendid Partridge Cochin, but the owner
didn It know it, and only put in claim
for $40. This was allowed without
debate and the man appeared TO be about
as well pleased as l was. Another case
with which l had considerable trouble
was the killing of fine Clydesdale jack,
but won it by proving conclusively to
the owner that the jack had damaged
the company several hundred dollars
more than he was worth by getting on
the track and causing the engine and
several cars to jump tie track. -
"Do You have many claims of this
kind to contend with?' asked the
reporter.
''Lots of them. Why if you would be
guided by the claims for stock killed by
the railroads you would come to the con-
clusion that there was nothing but thor
oughbreds in the state. If a hog of the
razor-back variety is killed he becomes
thoroughbred Cochin G ina or Cots
void right away; if a common COW is
killed she is promoted TO Berkshire or
or Jersey Red right away;
If sheep gets crossed
bv railroad train the breed becomes
trains formed from common Mexican to q
Plymouth Rock, and of a common Texas
mare is killed why it is claimed she was
aY,.a nF
horses. 1 am up to ali this though and
they don't get the best of me much. -
1t is rarely the case that stock agent
is found who is so well posted in the mat
ter of breeds as Col. ] P. Moore is, but
his errudition in this particular is ac-
counted for By ths fact that he is still
engaged i'll fine stock raising on his ranch
near Handley where he has for some
time been giving close attention to a fine
bunch of hogs which he says are
hgenuine Attorneys