The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13

mate and driven by some blue-evadI
Hans, will begin the dreary work Of
pudding an ice road. Lucky for the
Morse IL Hans proves to be one of those
VINO understand horses. Then her life \
though hard, is not unbearabIe III
even offers few pleasures. But should
the horse fall into the hands of a rneT-
CHESS driver, she is not apt to live to1
see the first signs of spring in the
sprouting grass and flowers. For in1
the lumber camp the horse is entireIvi
at the mercy of the man who does the1
uilVIhS. "A more and more recklesst
class or men are going into the woods"
| SAID the barn boss the other dav az /
ne Watcheo the horses walk sedately
| past MIN. The SWedes the Finland-1
ers and the French Canadians are the !
natlonalit1es chiefly represented but
the men seldom represent the best of !
their class. Of course the horses are
| forced TO do hard work, whether the |
men who drive them treat them kindlyi
or not, but the foreman of each camnf
is supposed to see to it that the horse
IS not worked beyond his strength, buti
generally the foremen think only Of
gettlng certain amount of work donei
IN certain time, and in order that
lney may get their logs out early theyi
urge on the men, who in turn urge on1
lHe horses. The teamster gets up usu-l
ally at 4 o'clock in the morning, andi
tfom until it is dark his horses areI
worked pretty steadily
But 1T is not only those greats
strong, patient toilers of the road" that
IND their way into the Midway horse
market. Dan Patch, of course has
never set a dainty foot inside q horse
market, but fast horses come TO the
market, naughty and high-steppingi
carriage horses, slender limbed sadL
ole horses. Even the reckless bron-1
emo has occasionally found it's way
there. but the broncho despised of his
kind and suspected of all men, does
not receive a warm welcome either fn1
the pasture or in the stables. Occa-
s1onally pair of sleek looking mules
that would delight the soul of a South
ern darkey may be seen ambling about
IN the pasture lot, but the Northernep
appreciates not the value of the mule
and so far as the horses themselves are
concerned, caste lines are sharply
drawn. No well-brought-up horse will
fraternize with mule.
He Can Suffer and Enjoy.
One does not have to be a Bonheurl
to appreciate the picturesqueness of
the horse market. There is life and
vivid color there and the exhibition Of
traits that resemble closely and curi-i
ously the human. Because the horse is al
living creature it can suffer and enjoy.
Because 1t Is the most intelligent Of
the lower animals it has a sensitive-1
ness far above the others. The average
horses lines do not as a rule fall ini
pleasant places While he is at the
market he enjoys life, for the best of
care Is taken of him, but he has no
choice in the selection of a new master,
Sometimes he is sold in a lot, some;
times he is put on a block and knocked
down to the highest bidder; but
whether he will spend the winter I'M
the woods of northern Minnesota, MAXI
ing Ice roads and hauling logs, or
whether, harnessed to some trades
mans wagon, he will spend the cold
months lodging cable cars and shiver-5
ing before the doors of fine residences,
he does not know, and perhaps if the
choice were given him he would be
unable to decide which he would pres
fer.
Every year over ten thousand horses
come to the Midway market, and from
there are sent out again to various
destinations. They meet with as many
experiences as Black Beauty or Tedda
of the Vermont pasture. Apd many
Of them can echo Tedda's words, I'd
heard O. kisses, O. course but they
hadn't come my way specially" And
there are other market horses that can
repeat, with more truth than could the
walking delegate: Scorer has been my
portion since the day 1 was foaled.
Blows an boots an whips an insults
injury, outrage and oppression"