Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-16

they can pull them out whom thry see
an American coming. rud some have
extra F0ndH without spikes which they
u.s. when in The town.
There are few % any good dairy cattle
IN Porto Rico The people nre not nee
customod 20 the use ~ butter and such
milk nH is sold o. tnkon from tho cow
from house Go house and mlilad out TO
order. I understand that the cattle. 10
properly fed. would produce plenty OF
good milk. and ! should think that "a
good dairy farm might Do established
here at profit
PORTO RGCAN PONIES.
II the ponies Of Porto Rico could be
shipped to the United States they
would bring good prices aH riding AMI
mails They are OH single fuOtofa and
will carry you at that galt % day with
out firing. They go ns easily BH r0ck-
ing horses and arc usually gentle and
easy TO manage.
The common people DO not use sad
dies like ours They lay thick pads
upon the backs OF the ponies and strap
n little saddle basket about eighteen
inches SQUARE and Xix inches thick on
each side. This makes "a scat OF such
n nature that the man can Hlt upon the
back OF the animal with his legs on
each side Of the puny'H neck He sits,
In fact, "a though ho were In cush-
~ " "a NNNlNAluN Nllll'A NNNN lNINN AhINNNN
horses VIII not cay American corn.
They refuse our balod hay and prefer
the rough hard grass N the island. II
IL the same with our horses In that
they do not like Porto NlC1n grass. and
for this reason q is hard 20 sell an
American horse for n good price In
Porto Rico.
The best Of the ponies are fine look
Ing. They have good heads ana are APP
pnrcntly well bred. They are uf the
Arabian stock introduced By the Hpau-
inrda. but by continuous inhrccdlnr
have become stuntCd. Since the advent
Of the Americans movement haH
General CaHtlemau uf Kentucky has
shipped here the famous three. ycar-old
Goodwin. one 81 the best saddle stale
lions IN the United States. Some % the
best ponies here sell Cor as much as
$500. but the ordinary animal can be
bought for so American.
CRUELTY TO HORSES.
The most Of the ponies here are tcrrl-
bly, ovorWorked and miHtrcutcd. Beasts
Weighing not moro thnn 600 pounds are
made to carry loads " 900 pounds, and
II IL not uncommon Tor the owner TO
ada his weight 20 the load. Ia the rough
mountainous district everything d. Cur-
rIod on ponies aud carriages are every
whore drawn By them, The animals
are made 20 go ON the gallon up hill
and down most N the time. They are
ilogrod until they drop AMI are ii0ggui
until they rise a. their feet I came IN
the mail coach from Cgmuy 90 Agusdll.
IN. The coach was heavy and We had
altogether about 1900 pounds of mail IN
addition 20 the driver and two passen-
gers. The coach was pulled by two of
these little ponies. The driver iioEEcl
them from one end OF the journey 90
the other Notwithstanding hls whip
ping tho ponies stalled az every steep
HIT one time one frll down. and /
thought, Tor time, that n was dead.
Ito eyes were dull and lt seemed about
90 expire. The driver thoruupuu began
10 beat Il upon the head with club.
sud he finally Eot him 10 hiH foot, tie
had at this same time two fresh ponies
with him which were Co b. haruossvd
up az the next station. I expected 20
see him take out the pony that had
fallen and put IN one Of these. But ho
did not lie noggcd him moru and more
and after a time the rgekny sweating
bluod-Btalned little animal ala equal
work with the rest
FRANK q. CARPENTER.