The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-08-28
HORSES. MULES, AND CATTLE.

MULE Recommendations quota
tiOns are corrected weekly by J. w.
Howard Il Co. Must be choice and fat,
from to 7 years old, in good flesh.
i4i[ To * hands high III to 1877
10 to l5X hands high ~ TO i5z
l5K to Is hands high luz 10 la
The live stock men from all over
the county ought to attend the STOCK
show'at BigbVviIle o-mOI row. Such
meetings as these do much towards
cultivating a general interest in the
stock industry of the county.
-Caperton & Dale bought nice
harness horse one day last week from
O. M. Russell.
w. #. Boyd is off hunting saddle
stock for the fair.
Shipments in hogs aud cattle
have cease i; farmers ere holding
same to eat up some OF the i'm nense
corn crop.
Cholera is doing considerable
damage in the Bigby Vile country
among hogs.
| j, W. Howard Il Co., sold to L.
NJ. LeneaVe three nice mules this
week, and to Al Bailey pair.
Good light mules are in demand
for breaking up wheat ground:
Very little through stock is pass,
ing; showing that trade IL as dull
North az it is here.
-Caperton Il Dale sold to g. M.
Russell one nice saddle horse last
Friday.
-J.W. Howard & Co., shipped to
Martin, Thompson & Co., New Or
leans, during the week, l73 mules ana
i. w. Howard & Co., bought from
\ ]. w. s. Ridley 143 of the finest sugar
mules ever fed in the county.
--Mule-buyers are scarce.
Chris. LoOney shipped q fine
: Jersey calf to Athens, Ala, to Walter
McWilliams.
horse one day last week for $3.50.
j. w. Howard & Co. shipped Al
mules to New Orleans Monday.
w. B. Burnett shipped one ca
load of sheep Tuesday TO Jesse John
son, at FaV etteville, Tenn.
w. b. Burnett has sold during
. the season 1900 stock ews.
Ed. Geers won the 2:23 trot q
Hartford, Tuesday, with n. L. H., II
7 three straight heats. Best time 2:2OA
He also grove Belle Hamblin an'
Globe, double, in 2:l49..
Remember the last day for pay
day, and the entries to the purs'
. races close the same day. Better at
tend to this at once.
: The Turf, Field and Farm pay
e Tennessee's wizard OF the sulky, III
!. following handsome s,wh0
t he had performed a feat tnat nao heE .
: been equaled in the world beforej tina
q of driving three horses abreast, on
= mile in the remarkable time OF Z:l4
y "Brown Hal was advertised TO pac
VI against the record, but he was not !
G tin-top condition and Goers declined I
= start him. He drove mile, however
It which filled the public mind with woI
n der. Belle Hamlin, Globe and justin
4 were hooked abreast to wagon an
= their appearance on the track was u
. signal for applause. In the mornln
. John Splan predicted that inc tri
:, would not boat 2:30. 1 looked the II
10 over and told Mr.. Hamlin If he went
y mile in 2:lS he would be lucky: q. y
"a horses to go together and thought u
n third horse would prove a dlsturDlI
- element. In pair you must have SIM
&c larity OF gait and temperament, ana yC
10 have to hunt long and far TO ind the
g. qualities. 1t necessarily follows that
10 harmonious trio is much more ditncu
re to discover. Globe, being thought u
4 slower horse, was put between u
u shafts, land Justina was hooked so
to bring her next to the rail, and Bel
Hamlin being the faster, was put on u
outside, as she would have the firth
Of distance to travel. Should Globe fAltt
~ il was reasoned by the astute owner
7 Village Farm, the two mares would !
lieve him entirely of weight and car
ar him along. Geers scored once ana tn
7 came down noddIng for the wor
20 without a wRver or bobble the thr
90 trotters rounded the turn and were
"e the quarter pole in thiTty-four SECOND
he The second quarter was trotted
nd thirty-three and three-fOurths secona
- which made the half-mile in 2:01
The same rate of speed was MAINTAIN
at to the three-quarter POLE which ma
as the time Al, and then the trio we
lis squared away for that finish: Ge'
brought them into the homestretch W
r. resoiute hand, and the perfect strl
~ aroused enthusiasm. Under the W
~, thew swept without skip or falter, a
hundreds of watches stopped and
great throng broke into cheers. I
time was 2:l4, a remarkable perfor
ance, The three horses are the
spring of the same stallion, were bI
and reared on the same farm, and w
developed and are owned by the ga
!. man."