The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15
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wHFR &AN's CANINE NFRIENDs
pHE WORK OF HORSES,

5r wHrR MANS CANINE ER1ENps
10 DHH WORK OF HORSES.
$ FheiT SO as Dfaught animals !,
$ ssss ss5s5o o.ass;. DssssiDsa e,la United
~ EaE. Belgium, Eites United
! States Consql ichoIas Smith,
. { is:a oity .6f kroe wealth an,1
i ~ As ia .1 . trial activity; pos;
: sessing est manufactory OF
j imaachfS chinery in tho world,
and empsying as many horses as 16y
other to,tl of its size in Euror and
yet for cory horse at least t-ro dogs
are to bf seen in harness on its streets.
They ars to be met at all hours Of tho
day, bud ih the early morning thd
bouleyaHs are literally alive with
them. Traffickefs (mostly *omen)
with gaiE painted carts drawn by we'll
fed dogahre then seen striving to be
first :ii tke market place. A pretty,
bare-heaied Walloon peasant girl,
moving triskly ut the side of flower
cart drawn by stalwart mastiff, is a
pleasing vision to the early riser. But
not onlyIthe gardener, but the butch,
er. the bfker, the grocer; the porter,
the expftsssmah-com carriers OF
oil kindT indeed-engage his services.
His stepfts SO much quicker than that
of the i,6}rse that he will in on hour
cover twice the distance and carry with
him a ex9ster burden in proportion I'd
si1 ,sssssnds ID the Usual
draft of ~ sraihaiy dos ih0pgh a
mastiff, s, often taxed vita s. (3!'s
's-aizH1f tshed indifferently, in front
ana are th, or behind the cart or
Oh pene,s1.ben the Vehicle is loaded,
wagon SIM 4, ks, directing its course
sne q ,1bsr encies laying his shoulder
ana IL tnel; but when the load haa
10 the J harged, he often mounts tho
peen osc pushes like Jehu through the
box and RI
streets. Mot surprise those who know
IL VIII 1team engine was familiar to
that she as toy to be told that
.he h1n revolving cylinder used in
'he hoi,olses has been turned to nc.
squirretc in the movement Of Ii, 4t
couht heif by enlarging its scale and
machinery,y "Fido" for Bunny" /
suostlsutl feen him treading All endless
nave also service of wood-sawyer.
Deit . IN ing sn of Liege, retaining hia
a. gnns,e, g',aae, lounging upon the boule'
ward nftef Ss3ldtof So constructed d
had ac-sssytn hound which had been
his commIs Naq for years could bd
hitchetRaH entshost concealed between
the whe> Sb now appears as regu-
larly in hisHold haunts as any of his
friends. TRe;shound is not only us happy
as when A|p loitered at his masters
heels, but " manifestly proud of the
service heS{Jenders him.
Let .it ~ be forgotten that the Bel
gians az The most refined and
cultivat DIE on earth, and that
this new III the dog is one of the
latest andH lost approved developments
of their civt lization. Thirty years ago,
have no Fioubt, dog In harness
would havef excited as much remark In
this city al te would to-day in Louis.
Vile or Me Ephis, though he is now as
we'll recognized an institution of the
people as tho mule is in either Of those
cities.
Rigorousl discipline and the long
habit of wefrinS muzzles seems to have
subdued sHe belfigerent instincts OF
these dogs fasthey now meet as strang!
ers at tho 9sings without those su.
percilioua bections and hostile de.
monstratioN which characterize both
men and dds till they have received
the last tou9hes of civilization. There
remains, hdwever, rudimentary love
of the chasd, of which the artful drivei
often avails himself to quicken theii
speed; though, as Lord Chesterfield in
his excessive refinement is said to have
laughed without cschinnation, they
have learned to hunt without barking.
But q more interesting incident OF
their labor is the complete extinction
of the sheep-killing propensity. Gen,
tlemcn bred in the country assure me
that this offense against pastoral NOR.
tality is no longer known in Belgium
O reformation which would in itself
Justify the harnessing of oil the dogs
in America.
The expense of feeding them where
number are kept, or. when placed,
like horses, ht livery is from five to
six cents per day, horsefesh and black
bread forming the staple of their food;
though here, as elsewhere, the main
tenance of one or two in q family is
practically without cost The expense
of shoeing, no small item to the keeper
of horses, is also saved.
All the Experiments of breeding
which have from time to timo been
tried for tho fimprovement of horses
are now beiH fuade to produce a dog
sS,,sS,sa CT 1puo,ai tness--for harness. New
foundlands I'D Tough h-coaseu or. Dern--
ards arc rulad out ON account of their
long hair. The mastiff has been found
too long in The back and legs, and it
is thought a, ,,desideratum to graft the
splendid Ghost and breathing capacity
OF the bulldog upon this stalwart
stock. Markets are established, where
they are bought and sold like their
equine co-laborers at Tattersalls, and
it is no unusual thing for compactly-