Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-31
srnvIrEAnIE HORSES.
Facts as to Their Deprecated Value
Late Years.

Troy Times. That there Is constantly
creasng demand for good. serviceable woi
horses Ia a fact only too well known. esp
ciaIIy to breeders. who formerly secure
good prices for their stock. That at pre-
ent the demand for higher grade horses f.
racine and pleasure is also small Is al'
apparent, but in the latter case there
more hope of Improvement than In Il
former. The poor market for speed
horses has undoubtedly been brougl
about mainly by the financial derressio
Men whose incomes have been greatly r
iuced by reason of poor business certain
do not care to invest any large sums
horscflesh. and this must. to n large eSter
account for the small prices received {,
animals at the large horse sales during Il
past year. tnblemshed horses with got
records have gone for n song, and maj
breeders have reserved their stock. pr
ferrring to pay the cost of malntenan,
and await an Improvement in the fnarke
In referring to the low prices received 4
horses disposed OF at the conclusion
the New York horse show, Leslie's Week
says
4 few years ago n serviceable and II
pretentious horse with speed enough to
driven on the road or in the park wou
easily fetch. at any of our horse market
$500. At this sale such horses did n
average more than $50. and the averai
price of the show ring hourses of
as high $500. was not quite s2io. Al
even when the trotters came to be so
the average was only s40o while the hig
est price paid was $500. this being for
young mare with a record of mile
2:l0.
Besides the depression there are 9th
causes contributing to the decrease
prices. and no doubt the adoption of u
constitutional amendment adverse to ra
track gambling is one. The horse gambler
who have no real love for horses. but on
use them as means for speculation, ha'
made no investments of any consequent
since the amendment was adopted. al
this has had its effect on the market. The
too. 1t may be that the craze for bicycle
which are easier and less expensive
keep than horses, may have contribute
something toward the result.
But IL does not seem likely that this co
dition of depression in the horse market
more than temporary. Now that busine
Is reviving a boom in horsntiesh may !
expected, yet 1t is extremely doubtful
prices will ever go UP to where they we
a few years ago. There are more breede
now than ever. in spite of the fact tn
many breeding establishments here in Il
East have been abandoned. Competitit
from the West was too strong for them
withstand for long, although for some tin
they were able to continue because of II
prejudice of many horsemen against Yves
eTfl norses. But no" tnat morse breeding
the Rocky mountain region has assum,
such proportions and the breeders of tn
section have been able to prove that the
horses are the equal If not superior to al
|,others bred in this country, the Easter
breeders have been compelled to suffer.
out in Montana they are breeding al
raising and sending to market stron
sturdy horses. well adapted to driving pu
poses. BY combining the Kentucky stallio
and the oregon mare. strain has bee
secured which will rank with the best
the country The colts thus obtained thri'
well on the buffalo grass of that sectio
and, being raised in a cold climate,
| better able to stand the hard winters
our own section than are the Southei
horses. Montana also produces horses
| speed sufficient to capture many importai
| races, but 1t is the driving horse which h;
| made the reputation of the state amor
horse fanCierS.