Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-11-22
HORSBEDlTOR'S COLUMN
BETTER PRICES REALIZED
AND PREDICTED.
Foreign Markets Entered We
Should Raise Better Horses and
Take Better Care of Them.

Markets Entered We
Should Raise Better Horses and
Take Better Care OF Them.
When shrewd horsemen like
Robert Bonner, jeff Shuts, J w.
DAILY, VIM. Simpson and others go
to combination sale and buy
horses at a fair price it may be
safely used as a criterion that pros
perity is again to attend the ranks
Of the light harness horse breeder.
AT the recent sales in New York
(Kellog's and Tatersall's)Day Bell
2-year-old, by Palo Alto, dam
Beautiful Bells brought $500.
Ambassador by George Wilkes,
dam Lady Carr, horse nineteen
years old, $1,000. Belle Vara by
Vatican, "a, 100. and sixty-two 9th
ers an average of s697 a head; not
bad for hard times. That the
horse market has touched bottom
sure enough in the past year nc
one will pretend to deny, but it is
now steadily rising and horses will
soon reach their normal value and
bring prices that will be remuner.
alive enough to the breeder. Prices
like those of 1890 may never be
duplicated, and it is extremely un.
likely that they will, but good fail
figures may be had for the right
kind and are more likely to in.
crease than fall again. There are
several reasons for this and among
the chief are the great numbers oI
small breeders and a good number
of larger ones who have gone ou'
of the business, thereby decreas
ing the supply, which was greater
than the demand. Another is the
steadily increasing demand for thu
American light harness horse il
European countries. France, Italy
Germany. Russia and England ar'
taking large numbers and paying
good prices for them. The que-
ton very naturally arises, "Wil
il last2" and the answer to it i
this: When it was thought tha
the thoroughbred could only b.
raised in Europe, Europeans tool
possession Of foreign markets aa'
created q demand for their surplu
and to this day there are many VIII,
will purchase an inferior anima
because he is imported, thinking
no doubt, that that fact alon
should give them something bette
than their neighbor's. The ex
portation of our light harness hors
has been materially checked in til
past by sporting writers in Europ,
who have affected to disbelieve tn
fast time made in this country, bu
the few Americans who have haC
the enterprise to take horses owe
there and race them have prove,
beyond the peradventure ofa doub
the superior speed Of their horse
and have swept everything befor
them, much to the chagrin Of Ii
aforesaid writer's. This has ere
ated a strong demand for the ligh
harness horse which is solely al
American product and with such
market opened to us in competition
with our home market, prices can
not well help but be good and sta.
good for some time at least. Nov
il behooves the territory breede
to spread himselt-and by breede
everyone who contemplates raisin
one or more colts is meant. Selec
the best stallion you can find an
breed to him, and when your col
comes take care of him. Ever
intelligent man wants to better tn
coucition Of himself and horses an
how to do it and the kind to rails
is matter that nearly all hav
their own opinion of. Let us re
view the different breeds that ar
being used in this country, fairl
and without prejudice, taking fir:
the running horse or thoroughbred
Out Of every ten colts, one oni
will make a race horse; the otht
nine are a disappointment and
loss Of money. The one that is
race horse is only a gambling al
pliance at his best, and can be use
tor no other purpose on earth; an
that his days are numbered is
foregone conclusion, as the crusad
against gambling on races and po,
rooms in the north gives amp
proof. The Norman, Clyde an
Shire horses are not profitable j
this country for this reason: the
eat too much for the work they ca
do in a corn field; they destro
more with their huge frying pa
feet than they are worth for cult
waiting 1t. On the road, anythir
over three miles an hour Civ,
them the thumps. They may /
useful in France and Germany
perhaps, where they eat them an
have large sausage factories, but
this country we do neither and {
they are practically valueless. TIL
trotter or PAGER is the ideal a
purpose horse. He can do moi
work on less feed for the farm,
than any known breed. He is III
best roadster the best saddle hor'
aud natures more quickly tina
any other kind; and better tina
all, if you have one 10 sell you ca
get bigger price for him than an
other. These are pertinent fac
and will bear looking into. Thu
the breeder of this vicinity, and il
deed anywhere in this territor,
has ample opportunities for NAL
ing this improvement in his stoc
is made patent in the fact thi