The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-04-10
Zine Stock.


The streets Of Waxahaehie on the
first NJ onday in April presented 3
lively appearance. While thecrowd
was not so large as usual on account
Of the pretty weather and so many
farmers kept at home planting corn,
yet great majority of those who
did come were here on business and
good mules sold fast and furious
like good hot ginger cakes and cider
would at circus and good mules
brought fancy prices. Mr.. G. w.
Martin and son of Nash bought four
mules, paying for them 1865 and al
most every good mule offered for
sale that dav found buyer. Mr..
Kelly from Ballinger arrived in
Waxahachie last Friday with car
of mules from that place and sold
every one of them. Besides Messrs
Mosley and Billiard our local deal
ers sold many. The continued rains
running well up into the spring
months have kept these black land
| farmers from turning furrow till
now the season has advanced so
far that it will require almost dou-
BILE amount of teams and a great
many farmers are compelled to buy
at almost any price. The Boer war
and the levee work on the Mississ-
| ippi River has drained Texas of her
good mules till now the mules suited
| to black land farms are scarce and
| as a natural consequence they are
high priced and there certainly new
| er was a better or more opportune
time to begin raising good mules
and horses than right now this
/ spring. Texas horses and Texas
raised mules are known the world
| over for their hardy enduring quail
! ties and whenever a farmer of Ellis
county can ucceed in raising a good
one there is a good market right
here at his door for them and our
| stock men knowing these facts have
this spring provided literally good
| Jacks and horses from which to raise
and they had quite "a number on ex-
| hibition here Monday.
| J. H Miller, the horse trainer
near Rocket had on exhibition the l
year old Wilkes stallion be is train
| ing for J. G.. Kimmel Of Midlothian.
| This is a magnificent looking ami
NAL, large, lengthy and rangy fell
/ low and Mr.. Miller, who has had
/ him in training for several months
/ SAYS he is going To make race
horse. Mr.. Miller will stand this
/ horse at his training stables near
/ Rocket this spring.
Nat Grimes OF SardiE, had his
/ Lexington horse here also; this, too
/ is "A splendid animal and Nat bred
and raised this animal and he thinks
| Just about as much OF him as he
/ does his family. Alex and Tom
| Curry wanted to buy him but Nat
| said he was too good horse TO TAX 2
out west and feed on sorghum. J.
| II PridemoTe Ia great lover Of
/ horses and he was showing two fl
| lies that are well bred and beauties
! w a. Amis was showing old Rat
! tier Brooks and Campbell Brown.
/ Rather has sired lots OF good horses
= In Ellis county and looks young
yet. K. J. Lakeland, the clothing
man, had one of Rattler's colts on
the show ground and w. r.. Beck
nam OF Boyce, had his Tom Hal
saddle stallion here, and he toe,
stacks up ail right. Gilley Dodson,
| of Mt. Peak, also had Rather colt
| here that Is a beauty. A. J. Curlee
| had his stallion, Judge Dunlap with
/ some Of his colts on the ground that
attracted attention. CuTlee Is a
| good horseman and knows how to
handle them. Rosser also had his
two stations there and after the
show was over, "A large crowd went
to the speedway 10 see Eiectryon
go on the track, and they were
pleased with his movements.
All these splendid animals on the
show ground at one time made a
sight worth travelling miles TO wit
ness and Ellis now boasts of as fine
stock as Texas afford and the result
will be that Ellis county citizens
will continue to drive high steppers
and eventually, / 90 believe, my
three thousand dollar horse will be
laid i'm the shade INNnCENCE