The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-02-28
REVIVAL OF THE HORSE.
For Years the Trolley and Automobile
Lessened the Demand.

For Years the Trolley and Automobile
Lessened the Demand.
Fifteen years ago the bottom very
suddenly dropped out oi the business.
The street car system IN the Clues
changed witr slight warning from
horse power to cable and electricity,
and not only threw upon the narAe'
thousands of horses that had oeen IN
use upon street car lines, but deprived
of value many thousands OF oonef
three, four and hve-yea:-olds that were
upon the breeding farms ID readiness
for the succeeding years demand.
Most of these aain,als were sacr1:
feed, In Philadelphia, New YORK ano
Chicago they were scld at ABOUT lo OF
s12 their actual value for rendering
purposes. Following this cane the
panic, and in addition to the disappear
ance of the market for hoses TOR gen
eral purposes there was no longer any
demand for carriage or saddle horses,
which are always the first TO Ce cut Oh
il the days of adversely.
Hundreds Of breeders went cut OF
business, but the pluckler ones sent
aserts to Europe to see II a Market
could not be secured. They tound the
European tramways still using horses,
and in a short time American animals
were supplantirg the scrawny STOCK III
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 animals were seat TO
Cuba soon after the American occupa-
tion. 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 hcrses ana
the high price Of mules some years ago
to buy many OF the lighrweighss for
use in the cotton field.
The Boar war created demand for
nearly a hundred thousand animals.
Eighty thousand were shipped in one
year by the English, and tie western
bronco became familiar sight as an
English cavalry horse.
Business men no longer buy tae
streeters for their own use. A streeter
is a morse that once was popular for
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 in-
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 gcJernment supervision, are
yearly purchased by thousands. These
are later resold to western farmers and
breeders, who thing nothing Of paying
from 81 1000 to $4,000 for. pure breed
From seven to eight thousand coach
and draft horses are yearly imported
from Europe. These animals are
brought over in punches Of from rs to
l5O, and they are all being absorbed by.
the breeders. As many as 1,500 horses
day are disposed Of at the Larger
marketing points in this country.
| Dealers declare it to be fact that
the price of horses has increased in the
past fre years at the rate OF $40
year. While the standard car horse
price in New York, before cables and
cro..eys came in, was from s110 to SIPS,
aCrses of the same grade now sell at
rom S150 to $500, and are scarce at the
new figure -
The outlaw horse, the bucking bron-
%, is becoming scarcer each year. Ten
years ago such horses were as plentiful
IS jack rabbits, but they will soon join
| he buffaloes in retirement.
The outlaw comes from the poorest
blood on the range. He is said by cow
boys to be horse degenerate, GRIM
nal by nature, just as men 90 wrong
who have poor blood in their veins.
His parents are in Yearly every csse
mustangs, and the stock is the same as
he wild horse Of early plain days.
Cowboys say that nearly every horse
will buck if turned Loose in pasture
| .or several months, but he will soon
,uiet down. The outlaw will buck no
matter how long or how often he has
been successfully ridden. Famous
| )uckers are rare now. The bettering
If the blood sounded the death knell OF
| the outlaw.-NeW York Sun.