Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-06-04
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FUTURE OF HORSES !;
AN ENTHUSIASTIC HoRsEMANj
j, BIDS DEFIANCE TO GAS
AND ELECTRICITY.



The ancient alarm Of the superces.
sion Of horses by railways was about
as distant from possibility or proba-
bility as the more recent. scare in re
spect of the physical forces of the. cy-
clist and the natural energies Of gag
and electricity. So says a writer in the
London Live Stock Journal.
None Of these mechanical ove.
ments, nor all of them combined, have
yet taken the first step toward the de
thronement Of the horse, and e IL
superior motors We're now invented it
might require half a century to, induce
a British public, ever conservative in
habits, to adopt them in such everyday
life al would threaten the long stand
ing supremacy Of the noble horse. See
ing, however, that years have now
elapsed since motors were freely tried
here and yet more e%xhaustively studied
on the continent, it is plain that there
are serious if not insurmountable diff
culties in the way Of their improve.
ment. Some may even now consider
that machinery has had a small detri-
mental influence on the hack market,
but It has not influenced their values,
and no class OF horse is cheaper In 1900
than at the corresponding period Of
1899, while some types of horses are
now decidedly dearer tllan$last winter.
Side by side with the above named
Influences, which may be considered
adverse or nonacting, there is a con.
trary and a compromising Influence Of
q serious, a weighty and of 9 more or
less permanent character. The unhap-
by war in South Africa has furnished
food for reflection IN all military circles
on the continent and throughout the
civilized world, and one of the general
conclusions scent to be that new meth
ods OF warfare must everywhere be
| considered and that the inevitable
changes involve very large increase
in n NUMBER or norses required TOr
military purposes. War ID nc longer
! conducted on the ancient principle Of
"the bare breast to the cold steel and.
indeed, the Beers neither carry steel
nor wait for the British to s It
against them. But war Is now carried
on al by vastly improved methods f
explosives, with consequent firing Al
long ranges, "a thy hhnrrriedly construct
ed trenches, which may be called Held
fortifeations. and 80 by the maximurn
Of mobility which alone can be secured
by such q mounted, or, rather. 8. dis
mounting, infantry as nscessitates 4
very much enlarged supply OF horses
not only on all future battiefelds, but
also at the parades of our own and all
continental troops. n
The question Is, Where are these
horses to be bred, and who II 70 breed
them? The continent OF Europe and
also Canada and the United States are
all breeders OF carriage horses and va
rious other types OF harness horses, n1t
some OF them, France III particular
have usually bought in England and
Ireland many saddle horses for militia
~ purposes therefore, In addition 4
the increased British demand, man,
more SADDLE horses may be wanted FOL
expectation.
Again, II the Mauser. the Lee-Met
ford, the Lee-Enfeld or other magazine
rifles are ill future TO rule the world
to the exclusion Of the bayonet and fht
sword. how many o horses will b.