The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-11
\ NEW INDUSTRY
FOR UNCLE SAM
Business Men ar Experimenting Wit
the IA sing Of Bel i'm Hares
With tr-at gu cess.

The vogue for breeding Belgian mares
waIln Ia, iot a nCII1el % Yeas to7~
IN England, has .r4asInlsrateu 10 "a
United S ates. and sev raj American M
ona;. es have maIc arrangements 20 r'li-S
tie pretty lite animal in tbs tou ttry-
Mr. ]. P.erpont Morgan has Instructed
on of h.s foreign representative TO send
nm dog n OF the fi.est hares oota n<,p.'s
at an ga Iy date. and at the same time
the representative is to secure ar exp-rt
brz ede... who Will take chars~ OF the
Morgan raooitry.
OTHERS GREATLY INTEREST," Ell
William Rockefeller Is also go ns into
the Tar -ra sing business, and has just
signed a contract for the build ns OF a
suitable hutch at h., country pace OF
..he FLudsc2-
II. NJ. Flagler Is also interested IN hare
breet.... it.,. may oe@ n lhs, task OF Deed
ing prize w!nlers in I IoFldft
In add ton to ra,sns the hares tor
.xh.btion purposes many other ca teri
ope inte"d eAp~f:iI ,s e i.ins WI, %..h III. tit :
commoner varieties o: .Be.glan h1re "isn
vew OF NAH ting the fu- and fl sh.
The >pelt dH.s r;ldl ally from a; OF
he cmmon rah5is, md brings t:G q
higher pr &c IN tn. flu market
AS yet the b. y5iness of IA ng hares
is its infancy. not more than six or
seven Of the large ties OF the country
)
AS nearly as can D learned 1t was
or.y half a dozen years ago that Balg a
hares were first brought to this country
70 bre ding purposes. The i-du .ry
started in Southern California. ard among
.he nrst u CIV se..ous attention u the
ra .ng4 OF these cia.ELy little. alma. rcT
taacy $40, K and I'D puFpo IS VS. tha
PRESENT p-o5rietor OF .giSh raoo-lrs
at Los A.ge4es. Mrs G. a. Bod
d,;il.JLtut or the
ear,y b.eoaero aypIo4oAeu Gns --lo,e>- s.-.-t
deye ID ID a OF future PISS ba.tics.
2. ta1ll y noL one amJn- tie les Ell
breeders rad IL r!ai tn c5mf-r.eo .
..-co,nes wn.ch i'll few 44s oasan
10 pour IN from all parts OF the country
But t me las proven that 2iyth !ig u
va ne hat the pope Won't I'D only
70 .e md " for aG.eauoii-'
Their are breeders l.. the NJ dbl West
who mako more than 5000 pc year ell
N, ha. .. foi pet stJcA I'D tn marae-'
but The good results were not o.ta !et
IN Il tn began t, ad e-I-se tl-e.r bucks
and does IN the daily pre- s.
MANY IN tnI. WESI.
1t Is in Calitorn a, howevet, tilat lhs
cult of the Be- Stan hare las tah u ~
greatest no d on the Amer can pto.i-.
America. OF course, cannot do anything
on q small sea g and. as conSedue-iS1r
the br ediug OF Beig n mares VII 80.
become an extens-ye indus ~ Ii .ile =
as well as in the West
In Cal fornia one breeder VINO ,isis : =.
astahlis al If, the bus ness since the mares
wee fri introduced into tbs country
. Eas an annual output OF 500, OF The sss,s
al rnais. Another hrsedzr 4 ciases thas
he,or, another year ps es t, VIII nave
in his rabb try. nearly so o RE 49,. ~ w.. .,
II is quite evident thar the f5as ~ u
psssts, les possesses a pecus.ai cnarnl,
ana SO it does. On reason p-obab.s !.
!, ma, :, psoause really sic ov
~eis clnens Il one Of the mos, q a f.iSu.t
,as 5r5 the fancicr's word Coio-.
rt,. cord; ton and may minor
-a.ats must be exsotly IN aecorda Q
I ...-.n ;, ssra,ss-d "a laid down by ,as
Be;s.an Hare. Cub. The color 2 es
omed a i, !. rs Ts;s i ian NOT sol sold BUT
shaws ciearest on tie shoulders and top
n tf,a neck. The haunch- should be-.
= uAyah lro01 ga 49,