The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
REVIVAL OF THE HORSE
For Years the Trolley and Automoo''e
Lessened the Demand.

For Years the Trolley and Autonoo'e
Lessened the Demand.
Fifteen years ago the bottom very
suddenly dropped out Of the business.
The street car system IN the CUES
changed with slight warning 1ro1n
1orse powe- to cable and eiectflc.'s,
and not only threw upon the nai Aes
thousands OF horses that had been III
use upon street car lines, but deprlveo
of value many thousands OF o1ner
three, four ard fve-year-olds tnat were
upon the breeding farms III readiness
for the succeeding years demand.
Most of these animals were sacr1'
feed. In Philadelphia, New York ano
Chicago they were sold at about Slo OF
S12, their actual value for renderlns
purposes. Following tbs came Ine
panic, and in addition to t.is disappear
ance of the market for horses Ior gen
eral purposes there was no longer any
demand for carriage or sadie nofses'
which are always the first TO be cut on
in the days of adversely.
Hundreds Of breeders went out OF
business, but the pluckier ones sent
agents to Europe to see II a market
could not be secured. They found the
European tramways still using horses
and in a short time American anlmais
were supplanting the scrawny STOCK IN
use abroad. Later many horses were
disposed of to European armies, ana
when still later came few wars the
business was again upon its feet. ~
Thousands Of ar;srs-fs-% sent to
Cuba soon after the American occupa-
ton. There is still a good demand
there for the lighter animals, which are
used for gardening, truck raising and
small farming. The south also was IN
duced by the low price Of horses and
the high price of mules some years ago
to buy many of the lightweights 1or
use in the cotton field.
The Boar war created a demand Tor
nearly a hundred thousand animals.
Eighty thousand were shipped in one
year by the English, and the western
bronco became familiar sight as an
English cavalry horse.
Business men no longer buy the
streeters for their own use. A streeter
is morse that once was popular Tor
light wagons, cars and general use.
These have been supplanted in most OF
the cities by the sleek, heavy draft
horses, products of the breeding OF i'm
ported stations and native mares.
Not the least interesting feature OF
the horse business is the annual visit OF
BUYERS to France and Belgium, where
pure bred stations, raised by experts
under government supervision, are
yearly purchased by thousands. These
are later resold to western farmers and
breeders, who thing nothing OF paying
from 81, 900 to $4,000 for a pure breed. Z
From seven to eight thousand coach
and draft horses are yearly imported
from Europe. These animals af'.
brought over in punches of froms25 IT,:
$50, and they are all being absorbed b2s
the breeders. AS many as 1900 horse:T
e. day are disposed Of at the larger
marketing points in this country.
Dealers declare it to be a fact tha--
| the price Of horses has increased in tha
past FIVE years at the rate OF $40 3:
| year. While the standard car hors:s
price in New York, before cables and;
trolleys came in, was from s110 to SIZE
horses Of the same grade now sell a.
from $3.50 to 5000, and are scarce at the
new figure .1
The OUTLAW horse, the bucking brc
co, is becoming scarcer each year. Tssa99 T9
years ago such horses were as pientla
as jack rabbits, but they wlA-ssen 1oi-l.
the bufaloes Z retirement.
Tie sutssaaT comes from the poorest
blood on the range. He is said by COW.
boys to be horse degenerate, q GRIN, Z, :,
inal by nature, just as men go wron@
who have poor blood In their yei1::. L.
His parents are in nearly every cas-.
mustangs, and the stock is the same Il
the wild horse of early plain days.
Cowboys say that nearly every horse
will buck if turned loose in pastu:
for several months, but he Will scca
quiet down. The outlaw will buck II
matter how long or how often he h::si
been successfully ridden. Famoi
buckers are rare now. The betteri.-;;
Of the blood sounded the death hell G.
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