Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-12-20


of style, action, finish and substance,
from 13s TO 16t hands high, and viii
weigh from l, 100 TO 1,250 pounds. The
very kind Of horses that are good and
reliable any place you put them, and
just such as farmers can raise and
develop with less trouble and expense
than they can any other class Of
horses known; for as soon as colt of
this class is three years old, if he has
been handled in his weanling, yearling
and two-year-old form, he is fit to put
in the field and do good work in a
crop and will pay well for his feed
until he is of marketable age.
The farmers are the natural horse
breeders Of Missouri, and doubt the
wisdom of any man undertaking it as
seperate and distinct business, but
it is a natural adjunct to the farming
industry and can be pursued in that
way with pleasure and profit.
The education colt receives on
farm, il in good hands, is the best
that can possibly be given him,
for he is there taught to walk In
prompt and answering way, first
with light loads, but later on his
burdens are increased so gradually that
he does not realize it, and he soon be-
comes obedient, tractable and trust
worthy and can be driven or worked
to the wagon, cultivator, mower, har-
row, or corn planter on either side, to
the cart, road wagon and saddle. These
lessons are valuable and indispensable
to the horse before he is fit for the
market, and when they can be given
in the way here suggested they are
not expensive. If all this work is to
be done by men who term themselves
trainers, it win be very expensive,
necessarily, and nine times out of ten
it will not be as well done. Inmy
Judgment the only place a horse
trainer can be used with profit is in
handling and developing the thorough
bred, class of horses mainly used by
sporting men and by progressive breed
ers (who desire new infusions of blood,
where more finish, quality and action
are neededl and in putting on the
| finishing touch in the way of groom.
ing, biting, mapnering and directing
the shoeing of our horses, that they
may appear in the best possible con
dition to attract liberal buyers,
/ congratulate the horse buyers Of
Missouri upon what L consider the
most wonderful opportunity even
placed in their reach. The horse is
now the idol of all our wealthy society
people from New York to San Fran
cisco and can say with the same pro
priety, throughout the civilized world
He never before occupied such an ex
allied position in the hearts and in the
homes of our best citizens.
Society has decreed that every city
in the United States that undertakes
to assume metropolitan air, shal
hold from one to four society events
annually, called "Horse Shows, (which
are looked forward to with about a'
naueh- interest ss, the inauguration o.
a President. For the beauties that
glide like fairies under the saddle and
the aristocratic high stepping, glossy
located coaehers and roadsters thai
play the principal part at these enter
tainments, fabulous prices are paid.
further congratulate the horse breed
ers of Missouri upon the especial anC
educational opportunities that will bt
afforded them in the near future tC
compare their products with the best
in the land at a Missouri State Fail
that was established by the last Legis
lature, and at the Worlds Fair at st
Louis, which l anticipate will be th'
greatest event of the kind the worl(
has ever known
Now, in conclusion, / will say thai
the clouds which have hung over the
horse breeding industry for number
of years just passed, have fully disap
peared and the advent Of better price
from every direction and for al
classes has been coupled with mor'
favorable consideration and a create
appreciation of man best friend-th
| horse.