New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08
4 RIVER OF OLD CAR HORSES.
WHEN THEY ARE NOT REALLY USED
THEY TURN OUT WE'LL.


Tbora is often a query in the mnds Oh INC
officials of such Of the street railways "S d
still operated by horse power as 10 WHAT
comes of the horses which are worn ou' ann
ouv bv the hard usage they endure anu SUI" IVA
y nominal figure. The number oil such i"' SO
tbouph constantly decreasing as elect'c'S w
comes more universally substituted ioi Il ''
mower. is still in the thousands. Many are S"''
for their hides and others tc tallo" ana soap NV
or meet even less noble ends. Bul IL Ieii'"''''
for q Manhattan Islander to discover aioi'e ''''
limo that the ability to convert one COLLAR 'ii'' w."
without recourse to the Popustic Hc'hod Is "o'
confined to the inhabitants OF his own p"tous''
An official Of one of the local street i"'""!
r-os cvc1irp with a party of friends through the
interior Of the state, purposei! a'"''"3 ''
,iros of the railroads with view of seeing what
there was new TO be seer. Ihey hau h''''" "'
inc, tho heat Of the DAY at a farmh ouse six miles
from the nearest railroad, IN a lo'a'''9 wiz"
s,cb nonors 40 are read come but once a week
While enjoying that delight OF every u'o"
cvclist-a cool draught from country weli-they
fell into conversation with the hcdd oi 'ie no"''
and Tho owner OF the farm. The average New
York farmer no longer looks upon cychS' DE-
q stranger from a far country. for the column
made him more or less familiar with those vital
issues of the day-the questions OF makes al"
orears''-and he will often end a conversation ny
proposing to show his ability to ride a propo-
stion which it is not always c%peoleh' ioi ''e
owner of a wheel 10 entertain
While tlcv were convcrsing .hc attention OF
the official was attracted to team OF horses
standing harnessod in the dooryard. There was
,b.fr
phvsioues which seemed strangely familiar
They were eephantne as compared with the
other horses he had observed in the neiEhbor-
nod cterninc ,p to them for closer inspcc-
tion he STOPPED down and there branded On Their
coroboocs were the familiar initials of his cwn
company.
,rbe farmer had observed his look OF surprise
and was prepared when he exclaimed d: Ho" m
III, ,,o,no or gondne - did those horses come
out here
"R,cogni2e them do you?" replied the owner.
81 should saw did exclaimed the official,
"and we have five hundred more with that brand
on them down in the city,
"Wcll" replied the farmer those old horses
of yours are about the only thing have been able
to make a cent out of in the last few years. /
have a nephew down in the city who knows the
difference between horse that is played out for
good and one that only needs rest. He buys me
about two dozen Of your horses every spring.
and Won know he don't have to pay much for
them about SO or $50. He buys them that are
all sound except their fect-perhaps it's corns or
cracked hoofs caused by too many months trav
cling on the stone streets without a let up
Your folks can't afford TO feed them until they
get we'll so YOU sell them for what you can
get.
He sends them TO me and turn them out to
pasture, VIII, re- they have chance TO lie down in
the shade and get some fat on their bones
Trcading on the soft ground their feet get well
again, and they are sound as n dollar You
wouldn't know them for the same animals. Then
I sell them at a good margin.
There IS always a good demand for them
They make the best kind Of horses for hauling
from the cheese factories to the railroads or
from the station to the villages No horses
around here can touch them on the straight
draw The stage men like them, for they can
travel all day without getting tired. They aren't
so good about farm work. as they are apt to be
q little slow. But in ploughing, If you run on q