Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-04-29
HORSES FOR DELIVERY.
PRIVATE TURNouTS RlvALLep BY
THE DRY GOODS TEAMS.

Display OF Horse Flesh While Serving
Their Customers - Some Fine Coach
Horses Come from Dry Goods Stores.
A stylishly dressed young woman tripped
down the stairs of brownstoue house on .
Madison avenue the other day and walked
TO the curb, where her brougham was await
ing her. A footman listened To her orders
attentiyely and then climbed up TO the box
alongside the coachman. The handsome
pair OF bays arched their necks and started l
off on trot with grace which showed I
that they were n team worth owning Just /
as they were starting Off another team
drove up, door or two away. These two I
were well matched pair ms well, and
looked every whit as well fed aud sleek as
the Others. But instead of drawing n
brougham they were attached To delivery
wagon of one Of the big dry goods stores
Their driver eyed the other team narrowly
| by GEORGE" lac said, turning to his as
sistant, that's the very same team which
| the boss sold To So-and-so, the banker, last
week, and "A good sum he got for them too
1 I'd know those horses anywhere for have
driven them myself for the last six months.
and would never forget that step THEY'LL
attract more attention. perhaps, than they
did in this rig but I'll wager they won't
get any better treatment than when we
had them"
The driver Of the dry goods wagon was
right, and the young woman who was
driving behind the pair OF bays was all un
conscious that the horses of which she wa,
so proud had been engaged the week before
In the plebeian business of delivering bun
dies around town.
VALUE OF HORSES is BUSINESS.
They had been bought by her father for
II
In the secret as To where they came from
The fact that they had been "work' horses
might have spoiled their beauty ia her
eyes, but II she ever does find out the Sc
cret she can console herself by the fact
that hers Is not the only team TO be seen on
Fifth avenue which has come from the
same source.
Several of the big dry goods stores have
horses among their stock which will chal-
lenge comparison with the better class Of
carriage horses owned by wealthy iudi
yiduals. In no other business is the quail
ity Of horse flesh higher than in the dry
goods business. The rivalry has been so
sharp among the more prctentious cstab
lshnents that 1t hasn't stopped ut the
bargain counter. One or two of the
wealth iest Of the dry goods men hit upon
plan u few years ago to attract attention
to their stores. The general delivery sys.
TEN had been in vogue for some time, aud
Il occurred 10 one ~ the dry goods kings
thar If his goods were delivered IN style to
his fashionable customers the impression
matte would b. "A valuable one To him
= So tie provided his wagon with driver
= and footman in livery aud bought mum
= her Of fine horses ut biz prices lie got the
= best harness that the market could afford.
and his rigs did make the impression that
, he had calculated on. Other houses fol
lowed his example, until now the store
u keeper that wants To get fashionable Gus
x tom expects, as "A matter of course, 10 make
} his deliveries with a proper amount oi
e style. Otherwise he knows that he stands
= "a good chance OF being left behind in the
Y race. The stables Of these dry goods
y houses form "A big item OF expense for
many OF them are models in their way. and
u the horses are well cared for
firm on Twenty third street have al
ways taken an especial pride 10 the horse,
4 me- Gse, auu the superintendent of their
big stable says that Of the 10 horses ownco
by the firm not one has been bought ioi
! less than 500 The head OF the firm doe,
i the buying himself, and every horse which
i. his superintendent picks out must b
v brought around to him for approval
a EXCELLENT CARE GIVEN
~ The dry goods man takes rs much ear,
4, in choosing team for his private use Tn
N reporter went through the stables in com
r pany with Superintendent Dcnmead, vii,
"A knows every one Of the ninety-iite horse.
l. In it by name, and IS justly proud OF til,
= establishment over which he presides Tn
r. ground floor, into which the teams ar,
4, driven from the street, Is covered will
h cement, which il always kept clean q,
: the door above are the stalls. ana il was
"a
II they contained.
la ''rhosc HORSES" said Mr. Denmead
IF couldn't be cared for whit better IN
,c private stable They are grOomed just a
r. regularly, and we employ n veterinar!
n whose business 1t is To be on the watch 70
II the slightest ailment. As general thin.
4 we buy them in tile New York market, an,
Il frequently the dealers. when they have
horse which they think will suit Us, sen,
It around here ON trial. We pay all Tia
way from $500 to s45n, and we even got
pair once which cost 500 piece Tina
i. was an unusual price. though. although
, we have sold our horses Rs high as that
q IL would surprise yon ii should give yol
: the names OF some of the private famlie
- who drive out behind horses that have beer
I" bought OF MS.
=, Every few days some one Is dropping In
y, trying 10 get one or more OF our horse
. | from us Sometimes we viii hit upon
\. specially well matched pair and then on
: OF our customers who has caught sight o
: them will try to bargain for their sale
Here the horses are better housed tina
many poor family in New York. Ell 1yal
groomed aud well fed as they arc they cal
naturally stand the work much better thai
they otherwise might. Almost all Of tn
horses come from the west, although few
\ are raised in the state"
I" Ia one OF the six box stalls reserved rs
= hospital for the horses that may fall il
:. stood a black horse, which looked just a
=, :, young his companions
y "fhat horse" said the superintendent
= as lac patted his flank afTectonateiy, is ,
I, years old, although he don't look a da!
I. over II. He has served the house Sine
= .s12 and now ia his old age he is pensiouc,
= off. He never does any hard work, ant
- the orders are To care for him just rs wei
as any Of the others until he dies New
York sun.
- Tho Number Ninc.
% Nine is the last OF the significant digit
~ aud expresses the greatest amount tia
"A can IL indicated bv one fiuurp Ii il [ Ii