The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-28

strength, skill and endurance. The sta
dunn resembles the one built at Athens a
few years ago and is intended as a model
of what Is hoped some dar may be sxe-
cuted In permanent form
A horse show Of the fashionable kind
with all the embellishments that society
can bestow upon 1t. will be one Of the
features of the exposition. The managers
plan to make II quite as spectacular
interesting as those held in New York.
On this occasion the finest bred animals
OF the Americas will be brought together
to compete for honors and the favor OF
the public. The show will be held in
the Stadium. which is to be the great
show place OF the exposition, having
seats for more than 1900 people, and a
track a quarter of a mile in circumfer-
ence. While a general display Of horses
will be made at this show. OF particular
interest will be the animals adapted to
the use of fashionable society. such as
saddle horses and ponies, tandem drivers.
hunters. Jumpers. polo pcnses. coupe and
coach horses, four-in-hards troyers and
runners. The show will include many
costly equipages and novel turnuss,s that
are used with the finely bred animals that
will be brought forward to delight the
public.
Superintendent f. a. Converse. of the
Live Stock division, has planned to ac-
commodate more than 1000 horses In the
exhibits OF American bred animals. The
breeds that will be recognized are: stan
dard-bred. Thoroughbred. French Coach.
French ~trotters. Cleveland bay. oldenburg
etc, Belgian. Hackney, Morgan. Arab.
Percheron. Clydesdale, English shire.
French draft. Suffolk. Punch, Shetland
ponies, Jacks and Jennetts.
This Will be the occasion for bringing
together the finest animals on the West
ern continent. While the trolley car and
the automobile have relieved the horse of
much OF his drudgery he continues to
occupy a distinctive field OF work in the
general economy. The tendency OF the
times, too. IL to produce better animals.
The cheap car horse has to a large ex-
tent gone out and scientific breeding IA
replacing the common stock with horses
OF higher intelligence and efficiency. The
experience OF many breeders during the
Introduction of the trolley car and the
flooding Of the market with cheap horses
Was discouraefng and a large number
turned their attention to other lines OF
work. h situation. however. IL con-
sfderanly Improved and prices are again
more nearly what they should be. The In
terest In breeding is regulated by the
pecuniary reward and the improved de-
mann ienss a new attractiveness to the
breeding and training of horses. The de-
mand for horses in cities continues brisk,
particularly for draught animals such as
the Ciydesdale and the Percheron and for
gentiemen's driving and coach horses.
The live stock division OF the Pan-Amer-
lean exposition Will offer to breeders an
opportunity to place before the public
high-bred, stylish. good acting horses with
a view OF showing wha< particular crosses
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mails. Experiments have been made with
a view OF producing large ndard. Shred
horses. with the most admirable results,
Another feature will he exhibits of
horses adapted for cavalry purposes. The
extraordinary demand for cavalry horses
within the last few years has brought
to the attention OF breeders the wisdom
OF producing a type OF animals having
the qualities that the cavalry service
requires. Not only has the demand been
very large for the United States army hut
foreign buyers have fr%equented the Amer
lean markets and purchased many AMI
mails for the armies OF other countries.
Several large breeding est Adjustments
are already turning their attention to the
raising of cavalry horses. with the
great number OF horses that win be
brought together at the Pan-American ex-
position the visitor will have an opportun.
ity seldom equsied to make a particular
study OF this line OF breeding.
The Ethnology building will be one Of
the most central In the extensive group
now In process of construction for the
great Pan-Ameriesn exposition at Buffalo
next year. The site for this structure IL
at the east junction Of the court OF the
fountain and the grand esplanade. II will
be conspicuous from all parts of the
grounds and Its ornate character will en-