The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-08
IT is HARD ON HORSES
People to Enjoy Sleighing Drive
Like the Wind.
Horses Must be Sharp ShOd or They will Slip
and Unless Well Groomed will
Catch Cold Like Men.
Heigh no!
How merrily the sleigh bells jingle.

How merrily the sleigh bells jingle.
1t is great sport, lasts but a short time,
and the people are making the best of it.
| When you see the cutters dash by your
door and near the laughing occupants
chatter away do you ever think of the poor
horses that are the source of so much fun
and the hard tine they are having?
"Why do you not hitch your black mare
to cutter and show the town clip
worth seeing?" asked HERALD reporter of
Mr.. Wallace.
81 think too much of my horse to drive
him to Sleigh" he said, as if plying the
man who would even suggest such thing
eff had fine horse I would not hitch
him to a Sleigh said Colonel Lett, with
the fine sympathy that is his peculiar
charm.
But people will go sleighing and the SEN
tlments OF fine people cannot stop il, as
long as there is a4patch of snow on the
ground.
'Is sleighing hard on horses" asked a
reporter of Fred Grant, at the big livery
stable.
people don't enjoy sleghing unless thew
drive like the Wind,' said MIR. Grant, s'and
this fast driving soon uses up horses.'
And their feet clog:n asked the reporter.
''In soft weather, yes, but we put leather
pads between the shoe and the hoof to pre-
vent it."
''And horses have to be sharp shod?n
Eyes, they must be kept in trim or they
will slide all over the country. When the
snow comes suddenly and we have a stable
full of horses smooth shod we sometimes
simply drive steel nails into the shoes.
This will last some time if there is good
| 1oyv of INIT fpn 4ha
strikes the bare ground the nails go to
pieces.
cit is harder to travel on the snow
than on the ground, as it is seldom that
you get a perfect snow track it being
either too hard and slippery or too soft and
sOggy. Then the horses are liable to cork
themselves with their sharp shoes. We
have q preparation that usually prevents
the horses going lame il applied with ban
dages."
THE horses become heated"
"a horse will take cold as easily as a
man, and to prevent this they must be
rubbed dry as soon as they come to the barn
and be blanketed."
"How much time do you consider good
| drive for horss?n
1.-TWO hours gives horse all the exer-
else he needs, and when he comes to the
stable he is pretty well tired out.n
''Do you call that good days work for
| horse!'
1.-Two hours in the morning and two in
the afternoon-two turns"
''You get big prices!"
1.-The snow does not last long, cutters are
expensive; it is hard on the horses. and so
we have to make the most of it. We get
$3.50 for an hour for SINCE cutter, s. for
double sleigh, and $40 an hour for the
large four-horse sleighs."
''This is pretty high!"
eyes, a little so, but you'll find that when
persons hire sleigh for an hour they get
their moneys worth; one hour is just as
good as two"
How many does the big Utah sleigh
hold?''
.When Gus Holmes took out the guests
of the Continental the other day there were
thirty eight Of them. The st. Marks
school take ride every year and l Judge,
by the crowd, that the whole school turns
out''
Would you like to take ride to see how
it goes?" asked Mr.. Grant to the reporter,
and the reporter was not slow in accept
ing
The "Chippie'' mare was hitched up and
if there is GAMER little brute N the town
it kept on the back streets. "Chippie'' had
her gate and did her trotting in the air. oc-
casionally touching the ground to keep her
balance. How she tore up Brigham street
anu pdSSSQ SSSiy bulu5 On IuS way DIS IL
they were standing still! AT a pace that
took the wind, ''Chippie' lunged along. the
cutter feeling only the rough portions of
the street And how the little mare
dug up the snow and flung it
with fury by our heads
How she showed her heels under the dash
board to get better reach and the faster
she went the longer the stride she took and
the quicker she caught her steps! The
whole direction of tae vehicle was in a
straight line, like ball from gun, but the
bumps on the street would send the run
ners off on glancing shot to strike the
mex t object that would come in their way.n
1--WE have three horses in the livery that
made mile in less than three Minutes
said Mr.. Grant as he let out the reporter
after two mile clip at gait that was fast
enough to make the irons on the cutter
CULVER.