Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-06-29
SHOp WITH SNOW>HUES.
Il ..,ps e he :iiorras That Wear
STRANGE I0OtGclr.
1h,N -" '"n,p' iici t" Pull Heavy Loads
Ntr'>> the NuuHiaias Travellers
INTERESTING Description 81
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!, w.. L.;n., l,;..L. mn SAVING.
.r1.,n.> .,ur ,n.,v hu,. & Won soon
hav,. H. L.av. ,A,..vh..l and take the
",i~l.l.r>" when VA. .r,. further m the
r,.d'
"Thnurh 7 had ril.lrn b.l,ind and
,l...u many kind. .f hnr.,.. il, -he ,ves,
We, Lad .,.,,,. been iu,r,Jucrd Ia the
.,,..v. breed b,.r,r,. and locked a+
them very closely.
..,rb..,. WV, al, t,,,r 1;.o ~ e,,,.
xb.,b.r from, ,u.. ar n,t,,r,l a;snos;,;or
I couldn-t tell Int was much i'm.
,-..,..l ~. .L:, ,ro,,,.,,.1.,,,e ,olf-oa,,
scinu>nr>,, their extremely slow mo-
UrIl,. tAc deliberate way in which they
stepped. straddling their lcrs as far
apart as possible, and their reluctance
to raise more than one hoof off the
ground at time. Every one of the lot
was old enough to vote, and at n rough
estimate twenty dollars Il head would
have been about fifteen dollars over
their value At the end of the trip
thought twenty dollars apiece was fully |
nine hundred and eighty dollars less
than they we're really worth.
".Don', thjn,, much Of ,em do vonp.
asked the driver of me as he started
,hcm nm with =, c,;cl, No, no cort;n-
ned. they're not much to lool, nj them
four old hide packers. but the comnanv
wouldn't trade that lot for the best
eight flyers in the crackcst livery stable
in Sacramento. But for those inyalua-
BILE critters the mails wouldn't get
through six months in the wear on this
route. They're snow horses. thew are.
andwhen they strike the snow higher up
they'll put their snow moccasins on and
show YOU valley people how they earn
their oats
s.Tb,t ,l1 o,r,,. o,,,,-+ot.o ,,1oadoa,,s
worked ito wav ,lnnn verr ,roar;,r ~
nc ,,nt;1 ,,.o ~ ;n.a.h 49,
.nd lev, ~, 81 Iar,,a s,o;l.t, ~,
.Ionos;dc ,ho roaa Summing
.Sh.u ,aou,
.on1 80 -, u cu. .ne oriVer'
+rans or ,ho,,,u po. 80, 49, r .nei1 oMn
h;s ,oo,,, 80, ., n.0oiine
his borsos ~ - 80. - =. ~
SLEIGH and +han tna1. n,. 80 =. .ne
~ ,r,,n,,- 81. 80 -, oouple
duced -, ,,;,aas ~ ~ ~. =. no Pr
onnoara ,ao - o.. IL. 80 Hl',ns t.e
~ ,ha sx,o, ne u.'S' !" nicn IN, nc saiu
horses ovo,n;roa ~ 80, sn ~.
rr,,oh o,,r;os;t1, '"o si'oe' Will
so,r,
Inc shoe was maze OF stout, sea-
eone'' one.ihch plank Oh tough hickory
WOOL fourteen inches square, strength
eneu on "ne sioc ny covering OF OIL
t,;,,' n anu W. oneineh wioe s.rlps OF
49, 80 so,e"eu On 70 the man
pa 49, w S,suaeu 'naI wnen ADJUST
GU :. ,.'i,e ioo, "oulo DC right IN the
s,l VI 'nI enoe were three hoies
80 'nlouRn 'he wooo ana oilciotn
,nn ei ne"'n One VI Inc hoies was
hirh too ca1i- 90 ~. hors"... sS Sn" very
tbro,rh ill +hn ~ -. ~ paes
,.o,,I;17, ,,o,.,,,;..oS ~ -" -, eo
+bo 10 - go ~. W. nnu .AiAe .,
the toe CALI Then a 1vro,,rh+ So
hand snnaratod in tho oontor -,
on a hook and eve on e;tber s;de 81 ,he
horses boof oftor be bod Loo,, e.
with the snowsboe NV ross;nr th.
calks THROUGH. was hronrbt tooether r.
front of the boof an inch below the cor
onet. and then t;ohtlv ;o;nod h,, !. Scro-,
and nut nassed fhroucb holes bored ~
the nroiect;nr ends of tho h.nJ r.
ervthinr fitted nc snuo nc noss;hlo ~
when the scre1v ,yas +;rltanod ~
amount of screaming or k;ck;nc co,,1i
loosen II from a horses foot The snon
team understood tho h,s;Tos, -,a.toa.,"
and took it as matter of course 80,
tbev should no tine 6acora+ad
..;r, 1911.
,;,tie 49, 49,. o,.an u W Know
- 49, ~ .'cu 'nan LON olo.
foot and knocked Tom On the am, ~, , ,,a
his shoe as hint 20 haue A. WV.
screwed a little tighter on tho ;ron
band. Though never before saw
horses so oueerlv sbod and onn.rontI'
onoIoo1 .,,:tt, =. N oPp"i:n'iy
the ANIMALS seemed to consider it quite