The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-02

One of the most important deals record
ed in this county for long time was that
which was consummated in this city yes
terday, when the CarolIton farm few
miles south of Wichita, consisting of SIS
acres. was sold to Mr.. Ketzmiller, proprie-
tor of the Plain View Horse farm of Leg
ington, Ky.
| The deal was important for more reasons
than one, for the fact alone that such a
noted horse breeder as Mr.. Ketzmiller
locates here after thoroughly investigat-
ing the merits of other parts of the United
States, establishes the Arkansas valley As
a horse center. Like all, or nearly all
other men, about to secure the best possible
| advantages for any industry or enterprise
| of gigantic proportions, Mr.. KetZmiller
has put in a good deal of time travelling
over the country in search of location
for the transfer and enlargement of his
horse-raising industry. He made an
especially thorough Investigation of Iowa,
Illinois and Nebraska, and then came to
Kansas. During many weeks in this
state he visited various places, and finally
came to Wichita and took look over the
| surrounding country. It did not take
| him long to make up his mind that this
was the place for him, for the advantages
| for his business were so numerous and
apparent that he at once concluded
that further search would be use
less. He is the most enthusiastic
gentleman over the present condition
and future prospects of the Arkansas
valley that the writer has seen in many
| o. -5,b
| He is especially profuse in his praise of the
country as horse breeding locality. He
has visited the two or three other prosper
Gus horse farms in this county and the
yearling colts were a revelation to him.
He says emphatically that he has never
seen such phenomenal yearling colts in
his mahy years of personal experience in
the breeding of horses in the blue grass
country. He says horses mature here not
only earlier than in any other part of the
country which he has examined, but they
have more bone and muscle He has also
observed that the horses raised here are
freer from disease and have bet
ter lungs than any horses which
be mas seen during life time of expert
ence in the business.
Mr.. Kltzmiller says that Wichita has
not only the best known climate for the
raising of horses, but that it has the best
roads, and winter trotting track in the fair
grounds than any other place in the
United States in his opinion. Here he
says horses can be worked out doors eleven
months in the year and can be got ready
for campaign work earlier than in any
other place He says that the advantages
,ob Z hotI hut ba Ia Of ha
have his his horses in shape for campaign
ing and ready to fight out a good hard
race. In the north and northeast the sea-
son of out door training is very short and
the result is that breeders have to go to the
enormous expense of providing enclosed
tracks.
Another important inducement that
Wichita offers horse breeders is the ex
tremely low price of feed as compared
with other localities. In Kentucky for in
stance he is feeding his stock Kansas oats
that costs him forty cents in car load lots
while he can procure the same OTIS here in
any quantities he may desire for twenty
five cents; in Kentucky hay costs him SIS
per ton while he priced as good, if not
superior article or that commodity on the
streets of Wichita yesterday for 500. In
this item alone thousands of dollars are
saved yearly to man who has to feed as
many animals as Mr.. Kitzmlller does.
Aud then again there is the price and
quality of land. Ia the east land very
much inferior to the $25 and $50 improved
land of the Arkansas valley, can't be
bought for less than SIS, 500 and in many
instances $50 per acre. In other
can have three times more land and twice
better land than he has at home for the
same amount invested TO say nothing of
the advantages Of climate, feed, etc. He
thinks that if even half the advantages of
Wichita were known generally among
horse-breeders that the Arkansas valley
would become the greatest horse prOduc-
ing country in the world. He thinks it is
only matter of short time till this de-
sired result is brought about any way for
there is an awakening among the horse
men, and they are beginning to investi-
gate since the western horses have COM
menced to startle the world with their
records. He argues that the climate of
Kansas is the best known climate for man,
and that a climate that can invariably
produce good sound healthy man can
produce a good, sound healthy horse |
From investigation he has found while |
here that lung trouble is nearly !
unknown among men. and he has found |
The same condition prevailing among !
horses, hence be has come TO the above |
conclusion; that when men are found uni |
versally haalthy so are horses.
He has noticed that the horses raised |
here have better wind than the horses /
raised in other portions of the country, |
and good wind is one Of the most import |!
ant elements in race horse. Mr.. Kitz- |
miller has now on his 400-acre farm two /
miles from Lexington. Ky, 135 horses, |
incluiing over sixty Of some of the finest /
brood mares in the south. In two weeks /
he viii be here with all his possessions and /
will make this his permanent home. His I
horses will come on a special train of If /
teen cars.
His horses include Elerslie Wilkes
sou OF George Wilkes, which. with Patch /
en- Wilkes will give Sedgwick county two
of the greatest living bred sous
OF George Wilkes, besides Ashland 4
Wilkes the greatest son OF Red /
Wilkes, who is owned by H. e. Toler and +.
who is too well known TO the people OF /
Kansas and horse breeders everywhere 70
need any further notice to sustain his
fame as 4 sire.
Il is the purpose Of Mr.. kitzmiller, IN
company with other horse breeders, 10
form yearly combination sale at Wich-
tia This will have benefcient effect on