New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-15
SADDLE-HORSES IN FAVOR AGAIN.
THEIR ECLIPSE BY THE BICYCLE WAS
ONLY TEMPORARY AND PARTIAL
TROTTERS IN FASHION.

'You are not going 20 ride that slngle-footcr In
the Park, my boy. are your
but | am sab. ms sure as you are born
by love II you do you Will he laughed AT
Tho voung man from the South did not heed his
friends advice however and the next afternoon he
was riding his handsome thoroughbred In the Fark
TO his hearts content. He was SURPRISED 10 III"
that his mount attracted undue attention. other
riders stared at him and made him leei tar ITO"
comfortable lie also noticed amused smiles on
.he faces OF some OF hs acquaintance. The warn
Ing OF his friend then came back to him. and he
was forced to acknowledge to himself That while
II might be good form 10 ride singc-footer In the
South It was unusual in the East. The next day
the southerner shipped his horse home and MADE
arrangements to buy saddle-horse that rotted
Instead of racked.
Inquiry made among the dealers and trainers OF
saddle-horses showed that the singlefooter was no
longer the proper thing in saddle-horses. The
single-footer is generally much easier 10 ride thah
the ordinary troter yet society has adopted the
latter as the model saddle-horse. To be sure. II
may be argued that society insists on the trotting
saddle because British cousins ride such AMI
mails Army officers. who are splendid riders. de-
spse saddle horses that trot and insist on having
animals that canter.
But be this az 1t may, the fact is still apparent
that there has been great revival In horseback
riding OF late. and that there Is a constantly IN
crcasing demand for good saddle horses. On fine
people are constantly being added to the ranks OF
the equestrinns Talks with dealers In saddle
horses and the proprctors OF the principal riding
academies show that they are much pleased with
the outlook and they all declare that horseback
riding will be the fashion this year than ever
before.
Local trainers of and dealers in saddle-horses
readily admit that they have had an extremely
bad three years OF 1t in business way, and that
It was all due to the bicycle The advent OF the
modern bicycle caused a great falling on In the
number OF horsemen not only In Gotham. but In
the country well. and for a time 1t looked as IL
the usefulness of the sadde-horse was permanent
" curtailed. But while fashionable FOLK may re-
tain the bicycle they also returning to their
first love-the horse.
1t was In lssi-'95 that those closely Interested IN
the horse began view with alarm the increasing
popularity of the bicycle. The demand for saddle
horses fell off decidedly and nobody seemed to want
to take up riding on them In 1885 fne nc be S se
clusion of hts country home There appeared 10 pe
Ing year and in the year just closed he was booea
to the skies and society once more smuweu tssii
most ardent to worship at his shrine Inc demand
for saddle horses is much greater than IL mas
been at this time OF year for decade ana II g Th
heightened demand has naturally caused an ad-
vance in prices. and $1,000 Is not c9hsiusIeu no"
an an NAV he said To- range from $500 1850
for good webroken animals from hVe 10 SIN 49, 20
IL
renuired as society no longer considers that one
animal as long as he holds a saddle up. Is Just as
good as another IL demands style action ana SUD
stance and Il is willing 10 for It, Every epues
srin now wants 10 feel that his horse is good as
his neghbor's and that his whole equipment VIII
pass muster anywhere. , $685.. 10
seen riding in the Park or on the avenues tha,
them Hishop Potter He rarely permits the weather
10 prevent him from taking his daily ride, ana eoid
or wet rain shine he Is generay ons LOT HIN t
airing Charles p. Sumner and f. L. simpson po ON
we'll known in steamboat circles. are among ,He
converts to the pleasures OF horseback.ri iss
sjmpson IL also an accomplished equestrian Pf r.
NJ Culver and DR.. willard Parker are s,ahcn , pe
Uevers in the sport. Perry Belmont rs co ,nHn
the niece of Mr. Depew, is becoming an ac ,
plished horsewoman. and she Is now taxing ieaP
H., iessons go as to be able to follow the nouhus
az no far-of date Miss Emily sloane IN also one
OF the beginners. Miss Boldt. the az lE hnre l
George & Boldt the proprietor OF the waldorf ~ A.
t"ria is an accom- piished rider. and among .ne
other well-known people who are often seen upon
tbnt sHeads IN the park is Joseph II. Choste