The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-06-25

h y teatet or SIN II lsryF numbers OF horses
9 ilS iLs of Ole Olor. breeders Gazette
Il says YeS recently drew attention II
s. the fact that the Heinz Arm In pitts.
NJ pli''g had begun, to I'LL an order for a
" score of black drafters and that mi
eastetn firm had also placed ono FOR
gftsys y 81 the So me kind, the lowest lin.
y TO be q, 300 pounds. Some
i!ttiej time ago the Heinz firm bought
SSI q horses of the lighter sorts
r. circus el few months ago
.1lp alppeasrSS OH tho scene at Dexter Parl,
s. annoy mn cling that he was Iii quest of
IS Spotted slSeWbald or piebala horses,
ny color ground, bay, brown, black
v VI 5osrfa or ches tut spots, and after Il time lie
s got, I then. An emissary Of the Pawnee
iss III is1ili Wild West show is now striving
70 Dtlrchase a scoro or SO OF dun or
III clay bank horses with well defined
& 4 )t Dla ck marlxs on top line, shoulder and
les. Still another seeker for something
Il OUT OF the common laid In supply
(slnall in his Hcase) OF light cream or
u sbuckskin geldings with white manes
and tails, and one OF the best known or
n the professional dealers at these Yards
II at present has on hand an order ftt n
very long price for a pair OF lndy's
cObs light sOrrel in color with ,fla xan
names and tails. 1t Is said that this is
one OF the hardest orders to fiji ever
placcd, Tor theEreason that the breeds
OF horses which supply tho high step
ping GODS do not run to hirsute adorn-
ments or the faxen hue Another Or
der on hand at the yards is from Eng
land and calls for geIding, 1872 hands,
bright golden chestnut In, color, big
blaze face, four legs white to knees
and hooks and If possible a whitc
splash on belly, flank or sido. It Is re-
lated that this order comes from q fam
cier who buys, without limit of price
and has been unable to fill his bill in
either tho English or French market.
Range Raised Cavalry Horses.
Major s. L. Woodward Of the United
States army, who recently accepted TOO
range horses mt Fort Meade, S. D., for
the cavalry service from Wyoming,
Dakota and Montana ranges, pro
nounces them the best animals TINT.
can be secured for tho purpose and
deprecates the prejudice existing In ar
my circles against the range horse. He
says this prejudice was bred by infe-
rlor equine stock Of the cnyuse variety
from Texas and Arizona, bred for
quantity and cheapness more than
quality, and that time will be needed to
eradicate 1t. or the horses raised on
the northwestern range he has thissS Ss
say: ~ to
"They are Of good size nndI
nardS' free from discuss noris
the eyes, throat apfpss ssa'spccially of
and very amepa1qfISsH amepQaf lungs; tractable
''Si.a5os. Siajos ~, ''''' u ''S''D''"' ''"
40 NJ sssert4h,ss5tp Woodward compares these
I 4fWcstcrn range horses with
mounts bought in other sections to tho
great advantage Of the range animal.
Officers report that there has never
been serious sickness among them and
that they are tractablo and easily
trnincd.-Livestock World.
Thoroughbreds In Germany.
According to the German Racing Cal
endar, a government publication, there
arc only 500 thoroughbred mares reg
1stered in the German empire for
breeding purposes, and Of these more
than 25 per cent proved barren last
spring. These figures, while they do
mot Indicate any great measure Of
thrift In the breeding Of thoroughbrcds
in Germany, are vast Improvement
! on those Of former years and show
Sthat tho impetus given to- the breeding
%of thoroughbreds by Count Lehndorf
B ts gaining headway to the end that
more real blood may be injected into
the horses of the Tcutonic fatherland.
& Farm Horses Scarce.
From the markets como reports of
28reat demand from farmers for work
Il 8horses A great many, largely mares,
Bare being shipped to the country to do
1.-THE spring work. Any one who has
observed farm horses knows that they
IayeraGe higher in age than ever before,
says Stoclsman and Farmer. Our vet
8erinnry inquiries show a surprising
number Of horses ten years old or over
In use OH farms. These veterans are
going out Of service, and others must
be bought to take their places, as they
were not bred during the times when
prices were SO low. Our correspondents
$ everywhere report Il scarcity Of horses
& ready to so to work and prices cOnsid-
Sorably higher than they were last fall.
Z Probably we are now in the worst Of
3 the scarcity, as by another year or
two some Of the produce Of the new
era in horse breeding should be coming
into use. .....
@ Range Horses On the Farm.
s Last season and the season before
!, several droves of western horses were
#driyen through this part Of the country
,Sand peddled out to this or that farmer,
Ito any one indeed that would pay the
sprice for them," writes an Iowa CORE
Sspondent Of Breeders Gazette. "For
#the most part they brought from $25
ssfor the poorest up to $75 or $50 for the
8best draft bred animals. and these lat
Yer have generally given good satisfac-
8tinn. bought three Of them out Of
siarge band and paid $3.50 for the three.
$Ihey are broken and pulled the binder
&all last summer in harvest time, tho
Ssfhree making up to weigh about 1900
pounds The others that had no draft
#piood IN them did not break so salts
ssfactorlly and, being lighter, have not
proved Of as much account at farm
work. l think the range horse, If with
Two or three crosses Of draft blood, can
DO used on the farms of tho corn belt
al right. though for my own part r
,sSSWould prefer native bred horses If l
Gould get them at the same price.
which cannot" .r..,..