Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-22
.Anent the Automobile Carriages.

As the New York Herald says, the
automobile has captured the fort and
is here to stay until superseded by
something better. In all its pictures
que ugllness, 1t is boon and bless
ing. 1t looks like a hackney coach
with the delirium tremens. but it is a
snber-minded, straightforward vehicle
We not only give it our respect but
our admiration, for, with its big rub
ber wheels. 1t gets over the ground in
velvety sort of way and reaches its
| destination without becoming tired.
1t does not take long for a new in
vention to vindlcate its right to exist
If 1T only proves its usefulness. When
this queer-looking thing, a kind of
caricature, first made its appearance
nobody knew whether to laugh at 1T as
a good joke or to become indignant at
the intrusion. BY slow degrees it
worked its way into our affections, and
now we love what we aforetlme alb
horred. ..rit, .rest i..tt.
The principle upon which it is built
is being SO expanded as to include the
heaviest sort of drays, and the hour is
not far distant when no horses will be
in sight befow Central Park. The gem
tel brute has hat his day, but he will
soon be relic of the past except for
purposes of pleasure He has done
his duty well, but he reused our sym
pathles in slippery weather and proved
that four feet are not enough TO Stand
on when the streetstare ICY "'"
Al hail to the automobile, and may
some gifted genius soon arrive who
will whip it into shape and make it
presentable!- All things are possible,
even a goodlooking horseless carriage.
Right on the heels of this we clip
from the Times Star the following
With the Incorporation of a new
automobile company In New York the
customary editorials on the decline of
the horse make their temperance.
The are revamps of the editorials writ
ten five years ago, during the bicycle
craze, and few years later when the
first automobiles apeared The cycle
was to supersede the horse as a com
mon manner of conveyance; bicycle
corps were to take the place of cavalry,
etc. We have had war since then
nd fg 1nI -.
about the operations of the bicycle
corps. 1t was well enough to talk
ABOUT and to experiment with, but
when it came to trial the matter was
dropped,
The horse has held his own against
cycle, automobiles and electrical pow-
er and the advent of an additional cor
poration in one city does not disheart-
en- his friends. Despite the future pre-
dicted years ago, there were more hor-
ses in the United States In 1897 than in
any other year. We exported more
horses than in any previous year.
Paris is supposed to be the home of the
automobile, yet the demand for horses
there today ia greater than ever The
agrarians of France have had an i'm
port duty of $40 placed on every horse.
Why, If the French demand for the
horse has been SO reduced, has there
been such:a demand that horses have
ben shipped annually 10 that country
7 The truth is that the cycles and au-
tomobiles have been fads; they have
filled the public eye and distracted at
teniion from the horse, something we
see every day. He has only become q
fad to the extent of having articles
written predicting his decline. When
steep declivity, few inches of snow
and muddy road will not stop the
cycles and automobiles 1t will be time
enough to lament the passing of the
horse. Until then it is advisable to
Keep him in the stable for use when
the cycle and automobile are ont of
order or imperative. There were 49,
$4,000 horses in the United States in
1897. A few thousand automobiles are
not enough to make the number de-
cline appreeiably, The cycle did not
do 1t, and until the automobile is per-
fected 1t will not do it.
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