El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-27
GREAT is
THE HORSE
He Is Stepping Arc und The
World Grandly
OUR HARNESS HORSE

Nearly Every Country In the WorIe
Looking To The United State:
For Supply.
The following lie a report of an ad
oress by Col. Henry Exall, of Dallas
ISOLATION. Fort Worth:
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentle
men OF the National Livestock associa
, ,i0n: On q bright day of October
io9o,a photograph WAS taken of a crowo
OF pleasure seekers In Lincoln Park,
chicago There was not a horse In
slght, but you could scarcely see the
people Tor the wheels, and this picture
was marked "The Passing of the
Horse" A photograph was taken OF
the same spot in October. 1899: this
time only one bicycle was in sight,
ana tnat was ridden by messenger
boy, but the park was filled with hand
some equipsges drawn by speedy road
sters, and this picture was marked
The Return of the Horse" An in
spection of the splendid animsls that
gave so much life to this scene and
pleasure to their owners, proved that
the horse most in use was the best type
OF the American standard bred trotter
the winner at all distances on ali the
tracks OF Europe:the horse that within
month reduced the fOur-mile trottlng
record of the world, defeating the
mighty Orloffs In the capital city OF
the Car of all the Russas.
So deeply impressed has the Russian
government become with the great
value OF the American trotter that
they have recently purchased several
thousand for breeding purposes. More
than year ago an American trainer
was installed in the imperial stud to
school the Russian trainers in Amer
lean methods. The superiority of the
American trotter has forced Euro
peans in self defense to handicap our
trotsers to certain extent to prevent
them from winning everything from
their native horses.
In Vienna, Austria, are to be fOuu
some of the fastest American trotters,
quite a number having cost their
wealthy Austrian owners ten thousand
dollars apiece.
In the great international races at
Nice last season, first. second, and
third money was won by American
trotters. So popular have our horses
become in France and Germany that
the local horse breeders of both couu-
tries have induced their respective
governments to place an EN- barge on
their Importation, but despite this
monetary restriction the trade with
those two countries is constantly in
creasipg.
At the great national horse show
held at Madison Square Garden New
York, the American trotter has, for
the past few years, won in all classes
be has out-hackneyed the hackney, as
he can not only step high but go fast
at the same time. AS coachy ca
rage horse in either heavy or light
harness he has defeated all other
breeds in the show ring. and has
brought the top prices 10 the New
York aud London N -rket-, ten thou
saud dollars having been paid during
the last season for an extra fne pair OF
trotting bred carriage horses by Loo
don customer. Sixty head of large
sized trottlng bred carriage horses in
one consignment were sold in New
York In December last, for sec, 900, an
average of 81. 100 each, and a great
many pairs changed hands at prices
ranging from 50 500 to So, 500, quite a
number of them going to Engl and.
So much disturbed have the English
hackney and coach horse breeders be-
come over the increasing demand for
American carriage and coach horses in
EueIand, that the London Live Stock
Journal. of q very recent date, editor
ially advises that the horse breeders Of
Great Britain send q com mission to the
states to investigate the methods by
which the American breeders have
been enabled to produce the splendid
TYNE of harness horse that is attracting
40 much attention in all Europe It
will thus be seen that almost every
country 10 the civilized world is look
ino to the United States for supply
of horses Oar EXPORT trade has
crown from about 8 800 head in 1894 to
almost 100000 head in 1899. and there
is every Indication that the business is
vet in its infancy. The horses
az far sent abroad, whether
70 race, drive in the parks, or
for use In the army, have been most
aatisfactory, thus insuring as large
".dera in the future. and fortunately
-. facilities for raising high-class
Ior,as az com aratively small cost
go vastly superior to those of any
e,Ser country. What sre we doing to
meet this great coming demand: Let
examine the actual conditions.
n 18oIto '98 every one who owned
...~ nj horses was using his utmost
49,. to sell them. Stations were
emu, .s,ed and sold for drivers: the best
cos;aiiual brood mares were sold and
lnoi ~ york. and breeding was almost
pull pun ~ Abandoned IN every Sec
t s of the Uoited States;
sn.u,ers sold their mares aud
fsrI ra,dinps or mules for their work, |
ussu ia the great horse breeding |
anu ,s,s of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois, |
s'rHrole davis ride you would scarce |
ins ~ half dozen colts following |
~ se e More than two thirds |
tnei' rreat horse breeding establish
OF inc kentucky CEASED active oper-
mem. :, I'd sold their stock for what
It you'd in o 5ns pqses ~ eaas sas
such run no jnterest of the country