The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-03-26
WANTS OUR HORSES.
Americ Animals Again in De-
mand in England
A Most Agreeable Change in the Stains
of "A Great Industry The Grow
ing shipments of This
Year.

In spite of the alleged dulIneSs in
the horse market on account of ,b,. hi
cycle craze, 25,COO have been shipped -
England this year, and there is a con
s1antly increasing demand.
\ year ago those farmers-and rl,.r.
were thousands of them-who were
making most of their money raising
common or railroad hor~,4--,,,.s..
about the bluest class of men in rh..
United States. To-day they arr, again an
good heart. Then they were convinced
that the industry in which hin. ,-.,pi.al
was invested, and from which they had
won their profits for years. Was
doomed that they must aIaudon for
ever the one business TO which rh,., mad
devoted their lives. and with \, hich rh,.y
were familiar. and seek other WAYS 10
make their farms productive. Many of
them, indeed, sold their horses ar hi.y
sacrifice and closed out without c..r,,-
mony- Now they are beginning 10 go
into business again their pasture and
paddochs are once more being brought
into use, and they are satisfied that rh,
outlook il fun of promise.
This most desirable change in the
status of great industry has b,,gu
brought about - gradually that t.yv
persons not directly snEag,,l On ru,.
horse business knows anything uIs.ur
IT. Its cau~e. according tu William. D.
Doerr- on.. uf the b,~r-kuu,, o. I,.r-..
dealers iu TIE United Static has I-.u
the aprr''.. o. -iou-rumtyy hat rarffT.
shown. O." .eara- by the English aF .f Dol.
facts v.ta rr-d to th, hur-, market
in the { l. tel states
D. Was .. are time last wear fhar .l..-..
er~ ON ta. ether >iI.. Il,-sJu ru -, rrrI .Ir. --
buyers o.-r here They Lad r,.y.r.T..a.
80 To any extent l-fDrs- P.-S~.I..r raf-
was iU some drEr-r becau~r rh..t frE
not favor American hors-S. bur chiefly
for the excellent reason that Amrrfrar
horses could never b-for- b- IarrI
nearly so cheap a. rhu-s uf for, rr
breeding The first English agent g,rrr
at hi~ buk ing perhaps. with -Hul. h.-I-
tutiuu. bur hs soon L->lUr ror-...r.r.
for he found not uuly thar THE Tr.e..--
which he could buy here y,.re much boz.
low the current prirvS abroad. Eur a. '~a
that the American hur~s~ gyer- h-r.Hr,.r.
mpTr enduring. grade for rrad.. amt
better looking han the English animal T--
The first shipment Of c1u~rgurrs-
was sent over rather early lH~t year.
and as soon as the horses N.-r,. ---rrl and
tested there "a rush of English hul--~ 90
the states began. Ever since chem rI.
shipments have been constantly i'm
crestSinE- But the traffic has not even
Vet reached itS height. since ther. are
at least 100 English buyers noyv ia the
land, picking mp horses wherever tI-y
may Seven or eight hundred horses
are now being sent over every week.
and the total shipments of railroad
horses 10 England this year are likely
to reach 25.0OO or more.
The English have not Vet adopted
electricity on their tram lines 10 any
extent Their adoption of street cars in
the first place was slow, and although
they are now using them more freely
they are still behind as TO the methoI Of
hauling them Some American horses
are being used for other purposes. hut
not many The grade Of horses former
ly called ''railroaders' are 80 much bet
ter adapted to tram work than any
other sort that they are all snapped mp
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