The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17
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 The horses most desired by street-css companies are of . blocky, chunky Kind. weighing from 1,050 to l, ,250 pounds. In color, gray and roan are preferred. ex- perience having shown that white and black animals are weak and very soon used up. The horses reared in hilly and stony localities are preferred before those from Iowa, Illinois and other prairie States, and Ohio. Pennsy1vania, Michigan, New York and New England furnish the best stock for this use; the reason being that the feet are harder and sounder, and of better shape, so that the horses will last at least four or i've years, and some of them twice as long in service, while the flat, soft-foot- ed horses of the West give out in few weeks. The average price paid is $50 per head, and the system of purchase is ten days trial with the option of re- iecting the animal with or without given reasons.
 The feeding, as might easily be thought. is most carefully managed. The food consists of cut hay, slightly moistened, with mixed ground feed (corn and oats) added, given in small quantities at short intervals. A small quantity of loose hay is thrown to the horses when they are brought in from work; then, when the regular feeding hour arrives (which is never soon after or just before trip), six to eightsquarts of the ground feed. with five pounds of cut hay, are given. The horses are ale ways fed by the same feeder, when pos sible, and thesfeeder gives close atten- tfon to each parttcu1ar horse to know how much food is eaten and how much isleft, so that the quantity givenscan be guaged exactly. After every feed the managers are thoroughly cleaned out and for this purpose cast hcl- lou bowls, or ename1ed kettles of ssuf- fieient size, are used. in which no food left over pane gath eF in acor1ierS and get sour These round trouKks must sbs rust-ptooA ana sare cleangd out wlt6a wet sponge bya the st ,blemen twicesa .
 day.. The result as tll laS food sistea5en cieanlY Ys and none. .is VI by A6iLSSf offensive tron9 9hse Mofe feover stfl0e these feed tronghs were Introduced Into the Chicago stables, colic and other forms of indigestion have practically disappeared.
 The water is even more particular than the feeding. In some of the New York stables it has been found neces- sary to filter the water given to the horses The filter used consists of q barrel filled with coarsely ground char coal with small brush and gravel to keep 1t in place, and with some sulphur added. The sulphur came into nsefrom the fact which became known to one of the large stock owners that In tho neigh borhood of Richheld Springs the farmers had found the sulphus water exceedingly beneficial to their horses; and experiences has proved that the filtered and sulphured water has been drunk by the city road horses with much advantage, and is preferred by the animals to any other. Under the
 microscope it is found perfectly froo from all impurity. A gentleman from Chicago stated that while using the city fwater the horses were often sick. and twenty dollars . month was usually ispent.f for medicine and much time was lost sbesad les. The water from a clear spring was Ibrougfit to the barn at a cost of one thousand dollars, and after its use the trouble stopped, no medicines were needed and no time was lost through sickness.
 The general management Is so con-- ducted as to avoid danger of disease or exhaustion by the hard work, and to preserve the animals in comfortableg condition. Thes horses are thorouRhly Rroomed twiceSa day. The same driver Is always Kept with the team when possible. and 1t has been found that tesm will keep. In good condition, do better work, and last longers In servfces when there Is no change of drivers. In the summer days work is fifteen miles, and this is always done at one spell, after which the horses hsye e long, unbroken rest This is found better than short, frequent journeys and short rests. | The hoeses lways rest be- fore feeding, and in the hot weather hsve frequent small dxi4ks Of water, aS which time the mouthl and nostrils are sponged and cooled. Under this sys. tenn, which, generally includes nntzi- tious feeding. the cleansing of the trouRhs, the. use of pure water. thor ough Rrebmi pg tssiceA Aa8 pse of th& fssdriv&r and feedeH single spells cxs hard work and continuous rest after it hofssss we'll sefsosedS have slast9dT prphtabiy through twelve years of spch d exacting labor as that necessary to opo- rats acttys street rsilroads, whils the least stermais four and b half sitos i've yeara-Hanry Stewart, in Country Gsn- tlemau. I..ct I
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