Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-23
FUTURE or THE HORSE
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seast Of burden.

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Bcast Of Burden.
There was Q time when the wiry
thoroughbred Of English breeding,
and perhaps the Arabian barb were
looked to as the surest means for i'm.
proving the common stock OF horse
flesh. Consul General Judd reports
from Austria Hungary that the
American trOttcr Is now the iavorite
breed In use for improving the native
blood. II Austria. Hungary cannot
do better than come to America for
this purpose II argues we'll for the
superiority Of the trOtter. As q
beast Of speed the distinctive trotter
Is an example OF modern evolution.
Ut is not many years since a speed of
three minutes for mile was rcckoncd
good ut u trotting gait. Now there
Is hardly farmers son In the coun.
try that does not own o colt that
'can clip milo in three minutes,
and not turn hair" at least 80 the
young man says A speed Of two
minutes is not only possible, but
probable In the immediate future,
and the time may be not far off when
the American horse can trot along.
side the best Derby runner.
With the constant inrOads of ma.
chinery ON the field of the horses
usefulness, a change Is coming in the
evolution Of the animal Already
electricity supplants the old horse
cara and no one Is sorry. One need
have no sympathy for the over.bur.
dened fluid on q hard grade. An
electric van for Parcel delivery Is now
working In London, and Is said to be
cheaper than horsepower. Promises
have already been made by our
inventors OF electric plows, and feast.
bic plans for freight and produce
tramways across the country on roads
hitherto traversed only by the aid OF
the horse or mule are suggested.
The Old.fashioned hoisc. power for
running incidental machinery IA civ.
Ing place TO the 'cominv power"
Tho coming horse Is to he less a
beast Of heavy burden. Many places
there are where horses will continue
to drag heavy loads of u necessity.
The handsome draft horse Is not yet
entirely to be dispensed with. But
pleasure driving will continue tn give
q motive for the improvement OF the
tr0tting horse The bicycle takes
the place Of a few saddle horses, Der.
haps, but the majority Of cyclcrs care
for a horse just as much rs before
the silent stecd came into being.
Many Of them own q wheel who
would not own horse, but the wheel,
even II built for two, is not 10 agree.
able after all as holding tho lines be.
hind q glossy coated, liehtly.stepping
horse. Electric motors for carriages
are talked Of, but they will be OK.
pensivc for long time yet, and un.
I'll their proficiency Is somewhat nd.
vanced from the present stage man
even with balky horse would be
less helpless Ia case of accident
The noble, intelligent horse will
not DO lost sight Of In the advance of
civilization. Relief from the heavier
duties will leave the more energy for
tho driving, Of which every American
citizen Of means and leisure Is fond.
Whatever question their may be a.
to tho morality Or advantages of
horse racing, the Improvement of tho
trotter has made the animal more
serviceable for the legitimate uses of
man. II anyone believes that tho
interest 10 the horses Is to give place
before the inr0ads OF electricity, let
him attend some great ''horsc con.
vention," and note the attention paid
the splendid specimens of endurance
and intelligence there on exhibition.
-B0ston Journal.