Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-10-24

ment paid cash for every animal, the
prices varying from $50 to SIG. Extra
cost for transportation was not consid-
cred by the government. wv ~g.s. 81.
Several hundred Of the 1,G41 horses
arrived at San Francisco SICK and prac-
tically all Of the ailing ones were from
Illinois, Nebraska and Kentucky, show.
ing that the western mustang Is hard.
Ter and better suited to roughing 1t, q
more likely animal for the mountains
Of Luzon IL it should become necessary
to hunt the insurgents out Of their last
refugees. Sickness has been greatly re-
duced during the short time the horses
have been at the Preside. 1t is the
eastern animals that have pneumonia.
but they are all coming out of it.
Just as men are critically examined
the army, and especially for tropical
service SO are the horses. The regula-
lions specify what the standard animal
shall be. They say: 1.-The cavalry
horse must be sound and we'll bred,
gentle under the saddle. free from VI
cious habits, with free and prompt &C.
ton at the walk, trot and gallop, with
out blemish or defect, of kind DISPOSE
ton. with easy mouth and gait and
otherwise to conform to the following
descriptions:
"A gelding Of uniform and hardy
color, in good condition. from 1917 to IL
hands high. weight not less than $50
nor more than 1,15O pounds. from 4 to 4
years old. head and ears small, fore
head broad, eyes large and prominent,
vision perfect In every respect, shout
ders long and sloping well back, chest
full, broad and deep, forelegs straight
and standing well under, barrel long
and increasing from girth toward
flank, withers elevated, back short and
straight. loins and launches broad and
muscular, hooks well bent and under
the horse, pasterns slanting and feet
small and sound. Each horse will be
subjected to rigid inspection, and any
animal that does not meet the fore
going requirements in every respect
must be rejected. A horse under 5
years old should not be accepted unless
a specially fine, well developed ami
NAL"
Uncle Sam modified this rule for his
new Filipino campaigners. A horse
might weigh between $50 and 1000
pounds and stand about II hands or IA
hands inches high. Those that were
accepted ut the different recruiting sta
tons were Immediately branded with
~. s." on the left shoulder and num-
Der In small figures placed conspicu-
ously on the left hoof. They were then
government property.
Many Of them came half across the
continent in box cars, and hundreds of
them today are covered with scars
that show what q rough trip they had.
The Texas horses are In better cOndi-
ton. rs they were shipped in palace
cars and had their tails bound with
sacking to keep the hair from being
rubbed of In contact with the walls of
the short stalls.
The ten new horse sheds at the Pre-
sidio are almost second soldier bar
racks. There are FESTIVE young ami
mails eager to be of. There are sick
ones, kept apart, that have pneumonia
and badly inflamed and swollen limbs
and heads and others that have cuts
and bruises and strains, due to close
quarters in the cars. A veterinary sur
geon and corps Of washers and han
dlers are busy with the invalids and
are steadily bringing them around. A
few days ago NIL the herd was vacci-
mated. the Malline test being applied to
guard against fatal CHAMBERS, that has
proved the greatest danger horses have
to encounter in Manila.
A hundred men are employed about
the stables Of these horses that are in
transit to the islands. AS they arc sent
to Manila in transports, one man will
be assigned to accompany each Is ami
mails and care for them on the voyage.
Tons and tons of hay and grain are
consumed daily in feeding these horses,
and California producers reap all that
profit, even if their breeders do not sell
all the horses that the government is
buying for the Philippines.