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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-24

The past policy of issuing hun
dreds of thousands of dollars in
bonds and allowing the money to
lie idle in the bank year after year
until spent, should not be tolerated.
The propositions for bonds for pub
lie improvements should only be
for sums sufficient at a time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-24

So strong, so influential had
these private corporations grown
that the city administrations year
after year belonged to them. 1t
was to get out from under this
yoke that the people installed the
Paschal administration.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-24

Our citizens have poured their
money into the pockets of a few
men, because they could not keep
themselves.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-24

For the first time we have an &C
ministration that throws off it
algiance to the private corpora
tions, and appeals to the peopl
to come to it's aid in the effort t
do something for the people.
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NOTICE.

c. Leroux having bought out
the hardware firm of Ieroux &
Cosgrove, 22S and 230 West Com
merce street, has entirely re-
stocked same, and is now ready to
serve any one in this line, at rea-
Sonable prices. b - u
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ating effects of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
order.
They follow Natures own way. They're
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They absolutely and permanently cure Bill
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Indigestion, and consequent stupor or drow-
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They're guaranteed b give satisfaction, in
is returned. You pay only for the good yon
get.
Nothing else urged by tricky dealer, can
be Just as good for you to buy.
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SHORT STOPS.
What the People are Saying.

llDeTdl whichever any piopOolCIOii
commands their confidence. This
has been proven in the past history
of our city.
Our city government for many
years past has been run in the in
terest of two or three private cor
porations-its energy taxed, its
vitality Slapped, its credit exhaust
ed, in order to enrich few fortu-
nate men who secured franchises
from the city.
Our citizens have poured their
money into the pockets of a few
men, because they could not keep
themselves.
So strong, so influential had
these private corporations grown
that the city administrations year
after year belonged to them. 1t
was to get out from under this
yoke that the people installed the
Paschal administration.
For the first time we have an adj
ministration that throws OFF its
algiance to the private corpora
tions, and appeals to the people
to come to it's aid in the effort to
do something for the people.
If our city government is to be
allowed to run along. year after
year simply gathering taxes to
feed the city hall brigade, to fatten
the highland water companies, to
hatch mud streets, and vote street
railroad franchises, it is only
question of a few years before
our limit of credit will be reached
and our taxpayers will be sold out
under the hammer.
Our city government has started
upon a very important undertake
ing to own it's water supply and
put down a sewer system. A thor
ough and complete investigation
of the enterprise by the most eX'
pert engineers, and the adoption of
a well matured plan will save
thousands of dollars and give
the people a clear insight and m
derstanding of the whole matter
x
The defeat of the $4,000 PROPOSE
ton would be a blow at the credit
of our city; it would be verdict
against public Improvement; it
would be an indictment against
the estimable gentlemen who COM
pose our city council.
The people are not prepared
to say that they cannot trust the
present mayor and council with
this important work, or that they
distrust their honesty or ability. q,
No taxpayer unless personally
agrieved or badly informed, will
vote against the $4,000 PROPOSE
ton.
The bonds to be issued are neither
"gold bonds" or experimental
bonds, but it is a sum thought to
be sufficient to inaugurate the
work.
4
The past policy of issuing hun
dreds of thousands of dollars in
bonds and allowing the money to
lie idle in the bank year after year
until spent, should not be tolerated.
The propositions for bonds for pub
lie improvements should only be
for sums sufficient at time.
x
To have asked the taxpayers to
vote a million dollars for sewers
and water works before the people
are perfectly assured of the feast
bility of the enterprise, and the
exact figure of the cost, would
SAVIOR the unwisdOm of the past
administration of our city affairs.
+
The people can trust the present
mayor and council to use wisely
and economically the small appro-
priation of $4,000, and will say so
l..
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IF YOU FEEL DROWSY.

IT 1hb DHOVD Il .
dull, inexpressibly
tired or debilitated,
have loss of appe-
tite, furred tongue,
frequent headaches
with or without
dizziness, chilly
sensations, and oc-
casional nausea -
then you are bill
ious. Your liver
needs the gently
stimulating and
49,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-24

Closing out sale. Eagle Shoe
Co. Come and get your pick. 8 10 tt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-24

To have asked the taxpayers to
vote million dollars for sewers
and water works before the people
are perfectly assured of the feast
bility of the enterprise, and the
exact figure of the cost, would
SAVIOR the unwisdOm of the past
administration of our city affairs.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-24

The people can trust the present
mayor and council to use wisely
and economically the small appro-
priation of $4,000, and will say so
by their votes on next Saturday.
The morning call., 1893-05-28

study of the characteristics of different fami-
lies in their relations to each other. and the
characteristics of different individuals with
their probable modifying effects upon each
other in the foal. There are certain lines, as
the Hambletonian and the Clay, for Instance
that, 10 use horseman's phrase. mick wel'
union between the TWO usually producing
good results, while certain other lines are sell
dom prohtably crossed.
Marin Carter. one of the closest students OF
blood lines, called my attention recently to a
colt on his Nutwo0d farm. who, he ventures to
predict. is the coming two.minute trOtter. This
youngster is perhaps The only one in the State
that combines the blood of the three greatest
California sires-in fact. the three great ST
sres of trotting stock in the word-Nutwood,
Guy Wilkes ana Elecioneer. This colt. New
ton Carter, is by Nutwood Wilkes, his dam by
Albert w, son of Ell ctianeer. Nutwood
Wilkes is by Guy Wilkes, his dam. Ida W by
Nutwood. This is trotting blood from away
back, and the colt, two-year-od is grand
looking animal, who has already shown an
eighth in twenty.nne seconds. II may reach
the two-minule mark. If blood counts for any
hing he viii, but according 20 precedent his sex
is against him, no stallion having ever held the
worlds trotting record.
Certainly California ought to produce the
twO-mnu trotter II any section can. Not
only have we some of the finest stock farms in
the world out here, with climate in which the
horse tbriyes wonderfully. and the sort of feed
upon which he does best, bnt sci ntists now
consider 1t settled beyond doubt that the Pa.
eihc Slope is the original home OF the hofs
For great many years it was supposed that
the animal originated in Arabia, ana we are
wont TO regard the Arab horse as tile type of
equine perfection, but recent, discoveries show
this suppoSition to be an error. The earliest
known remains of the primitive horse have
within the past five years been found on the
Pacific Slope aud they aie found nowhere els-.
Whatever upheaval of nature ii was that swept
the horse from the earth on this part of the
globe il Is evident that his earliest ancestors
must have roamed nese plains. his. then, is
the EXPLANATION OF the rapidity with which the
horse became aeclimated and multiplied after
being relntroduced on the coast by the early
The morning call., 1893-05-28

exul over--to take pride into be heartily re-
ioced over-but / cannot see any particularly
useful end such creature would serve in The
world The mind OF the whole breeding world
would at once be concentrated upon the
mighty probl IN OF how 10 beat two m inutes.
and the equine race would really be no better
off than before.
1ne morse to-day is at the height of his use-
fulness. In a few years the species win begin
retrograde course. do not mean That the
ho Sc Will degen rate, but, like all other adj
Juncts OF an imperfect civilization, he is bound
sooner or later, 10 be superseded by something
that better serves the purposes for which he
has been found useful.
II is startling thought, at first blush what
revolution would be brought in our civilization
II we could dispense with the use of horses ia
our cities. We shall do so before long The
eleefrlc-m0tor. tile man-power vehicle the
pneumatic fube, will soon be doing. with supe.
rior speed, cleanliness and convenience. the
work for which we now employ the horse Our
streets Will then be something endurable the
wear and tear upon them will be less, they will
be more easily kept clean, the eurbs win no
longer be lined with waiting animals, tied to
posts, nor our thoroughfares biockaded by re.
iarded vehicles, restless horses and impatient
drivers. There will be no terrible accidents
from runaw ays, no lodging among teams 20
cross streets, and no more the shocking spec
tacles OF dumb brutes suffering at the hands of
thoughiless. cruel or idiotc drivers that no
one, to-day, can walk The streets without wit
Messing
The horse VIII be reegated to country use
and 10 pleasure riding and driving outside our
cities. We may even come when ne is merely
our companion and not our servant to have a
little horse sense in our dealings with him.
We VIII learn that speed is not the ouly quality
iD him capable of development. His wonder
ful intelligence eau be made useful 10 us in
many ways we do not dream of, and w. who
love the crea ures shall live among them on
terms of intelligent sympathy and mutual help.
fitness such as we now know nothing of.
How Will the twO-minute trotter be bred
There are about as many ideas on this subject
as there are horsemen. Nearly every breeder
has his own.
The morning call., 1893-05-28
Ill
A TWENTIETH CENTURY TROT.

1t was beautiful May afternoon In the year
1885. The city of San Francisco was in state
of great excitement. All the stores on Market
street, that great main artery of the city's com
mercal system. were closed; the smooth, white
pavements were swept clean, and the sidewalks
were thronged with what was evidently a bOi-
day-ma ing concourSe of people. Near the
junction of Market, Kearny and Geary streets
Il great crowd was embed, waiting for he
elect lcmotor trains that pass there over the
depressed road every half minute. Train after
train had come and gone eacn accommodating
100 people, but still the throng swelled. Along
the elevated way set aside for their use, the
bicycle travellers were spinning rapidly and
silently, all going in one direction. The air
was dotted above he houses with aermotors
OF various sorts, whose occupantS TOO,
all seemed 10 have but one destination.
A few electric carriages were passing
through the street below but only a
few. These vehicles, now nearly obsolete were
even then passing out of use When first in
vented, and Immediately after the decline in
the general use of horses, the electric carriage
had quite run of popularity, but the people
The morning call., 1893-05-28

found, after some years of experience with
them, that they were a great deal OF trouble,
compelling foot passengers to be constantly on
their guard. In crossing he streets, lest they
should be iun over. Indeed, the electric car
rlages made the streets almost as dangerous as
they bad been in tile days of horses and car
riages, cable and horse cars, great trucks and
electric roads on a level with the street. and
gradually the popular sentiment against them
increased until they were abolished Some
time before that all surface roads were done
away with, and only conduit roads, with de-
pressed tracks, were allowed in the city, This
was great Improvement Iendered possible by
the abandonment of horsepower vehicles, and
the introduction of pneumatic tubes and under-
ground ways for the transportation of goods
Our ancestors must have been remarkably
forbeariAg people TO have endured so long The
noise, confusion, dirt and danger To life and
limb that characterized city transportation
even as late as the year 1900. We read that
they were very nervous irascible people and
that is hardly 10 be werdeI ed at considering
what nerve exGaustIng exis enc- was theirs
On this bright May afternoon the great event
that was drawing the people in one direction
was the mueh-:alked-of and never o. be-Ior-
gotten trottng match in which the great fiy
Morning set The worlds record at 1 1894 which
has never been beaten.
The match was set for half-past two, but by
O'clock the city was deser ed, The waiting
crowds had all been accommodated with trans
porIatlon. and the grand stand at the rack of
the Pacific Coast Trottiug-horse Breeders AS
sOciaion was filled with people,
There was room for every one, however, for
the association Well understands the require
meuts OF grand stand IN these sporting DAYS
and when the old Bay District track was cut up
into building-lots for business blocks, and they
moved out into San Mateo County. they bulded
wisely and we'll for generations TO come.
As Maud and Alice Gray aiighed from their
swiftly spinning electiic motor, pneumatic
tired tandem safety az the Iace-track hat af-
teInoon, they were met at the entrance to tile
grand sand by Harold Gresham who, hat in
hand. greeted them cordially.
Il was waiting for you. Miss Maud" he said.
pleasantly. "Allow me to introduce my friend,
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|
is HE DESIRABLE ?

Is the two minute horse worth while? Thai
depends upon what tlle borsp is supposed to be
for. OF course. in developing any creature. ii is
desirable 10 bring him To the nIgnesi degree of
perfection. The question is whether speed
alone is the standard of perfection in The ami
nal. Up 10 a certain point development OF the
trotter means elevation of the standard of the
iight-harness horse in general. In Kentucky
md California. the two sections where horse
breeding Is carried on most successfully. the
grade OF light-han IS horses In general use
i higher than anywhere else. Beyond a GER
tain point, however, the development OF the
fast tiotter is a gambling factor means deterio-
ration of he horse as a horse. That is. speed ia
Obtained at the cost OF certain other qualities
that are VI more value.
visited one of The greatest stock. farms in
the State, some time ago, and was much struck
by the fact that the greater number of the
horses there had faulty legs One OF the great.
The morning call., 1893-05-28

horse's back light saddle-cloth bearing a num-
Der in large. easily diScerned black figures on a
White ground.
The saddle-cloths themselves were of differ
ent colors-rach being that of the stable to
which the horse belonged.
"Do you mean to tell me-" asked the African.
"that those horses are expected TO trot in that
shape?"
"Why. yes" said Maud. GLOW would you
have them do?"
They never Will trot that way in this
world"
I'VE have no other system" said Maud.
''Surely," exclaimed FarbacR II have read
OF that fact, but confess did not credit It."
"How is the betting eoing?' asked Farbaek.
"If l knew the horses better Pd Ike TO take a
shot"
Betting? 1 don't understand you.'
"N by. the pnoling-the betting as to which
horse will VIM
"oh, we don't have anything OF that sort
How can we iell which horse will win?''
Zone can't; there's where The sport comes
in"
"But one might lose ?"
.Certainly. Nothing venture, nothing have
There's always he chance OF winning to keep
up the excitement
But l should think that would be bad for
the people. That is not a legitimate commer-
clal Transaction, you know-some one must al
ways lose. That is sort of gam bling, isn't il 4?
The Government did away with that long ago."
"Oh Does your Government TAX upOn
Itself 10 cur off the peoples pleasure al will ?''
Il don't understand you-why the Govern
ment is the people How can 1t do otherwise
thar the people wish-ah, see"
AT word The maunihceutly trained steeds
had wheeled and come uD in line, all abreast,
about six yards back of the b4r.
Are they not going to check up their
heads ?' asked Fa back, forgetting the pooling
question in his interest in tie unbelievable
sight before him.
Oh no. was tie reply. "Tbat would inter
fere with Ihe!r freedom of moriou."
But supt ose one should choke"
mo danger. 1t used to be supposed that
racenofses must have their heads held up lest
they choke, but as scientific Knowledge In.
The morning call., 1893-05-28

MIR. Farback, from Africa. Mr.. Farbaek is an
enthusias ic hOrseman. who has seen great
many aces in his own country. and viii be
deeply interested in his match. Unfortunately
do not know much about horses as about
some other things, so / shall ask you 10 lake
chare OF him, Miss Maud. nd know you VIII
be able 10 tell him all be wants 10 know about
horses and racing in California"
Expressing her pleasure TO be OF service,
Maud led the way into the stand, and securing
good seats the party were soon engaged in ac-
tive discussion OF thr coming event.
IL hardly believe" said Mir Farb ck "that
two minutes can be beaten. No horse can
move rapidly enough to do it, I fear. We have
several horses at home, who, since the intro
duction among US OF the pneumatic tire, go
very handily in 2:01, or even 2 in some in
stances, but until some further Improvement in
sulkies do not think that time can be ex-
ceeded."
do you use sulkies in Aflica,'' Maud asked
in some surprise.
''Certainly; what do you use here, wagons?"
was the repy.
'Why," said Maud, 1--WE do not use any We
hicle."
"What!" exclaimed Mr.. Farback. ''You Ger.
tainly do not trot TO the saddle IN this enlight-
ened country"
''Oh, no."
II dOn't understand you."
"You will in a moment" smiled Maud,
"IIere come the horses, now.''
Justthen gate opened ftom The stable
yards upon the track, and five splendid spec.
mems of the genus equus walked in. Not a
strap broke the graceful lines of one of them,
unfettered and fr-e they came forward and
took up stations abreast of each 9th r, facing a
light bar that stretched across the track near
the starters stand.
"What is coming?" asked Mr.. Farback.
"The match" was Maud's reply. "See, they
are putting on the numbers and eolors."
Sure enough, an attendant, while all three Of
the judges look on. was adjusting upon each
The morning call., 1893-05-28

est complaints heard abroad regarding the
American trotting horse is his lightness OF bone
below the knee and hook, an objection which,
as a Californian authority recently pointed out,
can be easily justified by any one who will
study our horses. The craze for speed has
caused that quality TO be developed at ihe ex-
penSe of bone and substance. Strength and
endurance have been sacrificed to ability to
move the legs rapidly.
What stamina and strength the animals have
possessed have ben used up. often. in early
DEVELOPMENT OF speed, and The last few years
have seen large number of infant phenomena
on the turf who are retired to stud duty at f. 5
ana years, never to be heard from again as
track horses How valu ble these broken down
youngsters may prove TO be as sires is ques-
tion in the solving of which a good many
purses may be lightened and good many
breeders disappointed before the lesson is
thoroughly learned that early development
means early decay; that bone and muscle and
strength require time 10 develop them 10
degree thar shall be transmissible
For all prac ical PURPOSES the horse that can
trOt ten miles in sixty minutes, and maintain
the pace for several hours, will always be of far
greater value than the one who can travel one
mile In two minutes. There will always be more
people who care for his services than would take
an interest in the performances OF TIL phe-
nomenon AS The ruler of Egypt once ex.
pressed it, 1t is already known, to most people.
that lone horse can travel fastsr than another"
but who of modern race-goers has any faith
after Witnessing a contest between horses, that
he has seen the fastest horse. the best horse,
come first to the goal? 1t is probable that not
every heat is decided in the pool stand, but the
patron of the track has not yet learned to dis
tinguish accurately between the honest match
and the one that is fixed.
Speaking from the standpoint of the lover of
the fas irotter, may say that l would travel
long distance and undergo a great d al of in
convenience to see a horse trot in two minutes.
Such an animal would be 10 me snmethinp 10
The morning call., 1893-05-28

Some contend that the proper way TO produce
a trotter is to cross running upon rrOtting
blood This is the dominant idea at Palo Alto,
but there have been hundreds of colts and
filies foaled at the great farm, bred upon this
principle, who have never been heard from as
troters while the success OF the exceptional
few has been widely exploited AS the dlreci re-
suit of Senator Stauford's pet idea in breeding.
Sunol Palo Alto, Arion, Rowepa owe as much
to the strong Il otting blood of Electioneer as
to the warmer strains received through thor
oughbred dams, and regarding the many un-
heaId-of animals that have been sold from Palo
Alto who shall say why the much.vaunied
thoroughbred infusiou' failed of its potency
Another breeder, from Kentucky, contends,
in print, that inDreedng is what is going to
produce the fastest trotter. tie argues that
having purchased, for instance, a Nuiwood
mare because of the speed qualities repre-
sented by the Nuwood blood, he would-be
owner of a fast colt proceeds to dilute that
blood by The admiXiure of some oth-r stIa ain by
crossing. The proper thing to do, he contends,
would be TO breed the mare back to Nutwood.
thus maintaining the desired strain. l once
knew a Californian breeder who held and acted
upon a similar theory. He had in his possession
as unique a collection OF sway back d, bow
legged, double. jointed animals of high breed
ing as one could desire to see.
There is no denying that fast trotters have
resulted from crossing thorouehbreds upon
trottlng stock, nor that there have been in
bred horses of splendid qualities, but these are
not exceptions that prove the rule. and the fact
remains tha5 the great trotlefs, with both speed
and staying powers, who have "bred on,'' and
proved useful dams aud siTes have been of
strong trottne stock on both sides. 1t stands
TO reason that this should be so. Trotting con-
formation. the trottng instinct, the trotting
habit, go with trolling blood In hOrsebreed-
ing, as in everything else, he man who rides a
hobby Will not win the race. The two-minue
tlolter. when he comes will not be the result
of any theory OF breeding, but of a careful
The morning call., 1893-05-28

Spanish discoverers. They had been long
absent from home but this was tn ir native
land, and they throve accordingly. THIS, too.
accounts, as no other hypothesis can do, for
the superiority of the high-bred horses of the
Pacific Slope over those on the other side OF
the great divide. Taking time and oppOrt tu-
nifty inio consideration this average of superi-
Gritty is very marked. The animal finds here
the natural conditions necessary 10 his best
development. nd lie has thriven accordingly.
II is not SO much that ours is "ihe wonderful
California climate" as that ii is Ihe horses
native climate that has caused the animal out
here to go so far ahead OF his fellows elsewhere.