The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-08
VIRGINIA HORSES
As PER TAX BOOKS.
Wonderful Variety in the Matter
Of Waite Of Horses and
Mules.
LoUDoUN HAS BEST ANIMALS.
Grayson County's Sorry Beasts.
Several Horse Show
Counties.
LouDoUN HAS BEST ANIMALS

Virginia does not claim to be atogc Their
as great a state for horse raising as
Kentucky. but It has q goodly number OF
horses ana mules. and n study OF the fig
,ircs on tho books OF tho auditor OF the
Commonwealth will result In convincing
the reader that Virginia can boast OF
moro varied vnl,les In horse and mule
flcsl, than any State in the Union.
rho returns III the auditors OFFICE
lump mules and horses together. and
therefore no ono can tell from the figures
how many horses or how many mules
are assessed for taxation, but these nm
finals must be taken together. OF horses
and mules taxed In the Commonwealth
there nrc 332.292, valued on tho tax
books .'at sl4,551 ,9O2 or a fraction over
si3 per head. In the cities there are
H 7,02S OF these animals, valued for taxa
ton at Il trifle over half million
dollars. or sGi per head. while tho coun-
ties show up with 324.364 mules and
horses. valnted at slightly over fourteen
million dollars. or $40 per head.
Richmond has more horses and mules
ana the most valuable animals Of any
city, and Augusta leads tho counties IN
number, while 1oudo,ln leads In the value
of animals. Richmond is credited with
1872 horses and mules, valued ut
si50.s7o or $3.50 per animal. Manchester
horses are valued Mt only $53 per head.
Roanokcs at s54. Newport News at s55.
Charlot,esvilles at $50. Petersburg'a Mt
SCI" staunton's at s64, Danvllc's at s66.
4Norfolks nj SGT. Lynchburg's at sos, and
4AlcXnndrla's at $40.
n Augusta Leads All.
Augusta leading the co,lntjey as to
number reports 1o4os animals. valued
for ton at $553.571. or $50 per head.
1t would hardly be safe for q man to
travel around In Augusta many days Of
fering people $50 for horses. Loudoun
county has better horses than Augusta.
She shows UP with $685. wlic hare valued
at SCI per head for taxation. This, by
the way. is the highest value put on
horseflcsll anywhere In the State outside
OF the cities mentioned above.
il must be noted here that the people
or the little county Of Prince George
raise or buy good horses Ihey Teport
213i animals In that county. valued at
Now, Just TO show the difference in the
value Of horse flesh. according 70 LOCATION;
q few figures from the auditors books VIII
prove not quite such dry reading, as lls-
tres in general some times are. The sor-
riest beasts of burden 70 be found IN lhe
State are those upon which taxes are
paid In the county Of Grayson, where
ihcre arc 1850 horses and mules. princ'-
paIly horses, valued at S11 POI, hsnn. mnty
rlso, where the Sl0o animals are =, valued a,,m,,
FOR taxation at 81 apiece. FranKlin:
Wythe. Tuzewell and Brunswick county
people value their horses at Only, 20 Pc
valuations. because right over. N me az
Joining county of Mecklenhurg me ADO
horses and mules that pun the B. p'SSw ;nd
~ neopIe1 aerT worth exactly twice as
m hapn That is 10 say, So per head.
Horses Hardly Over Valued.
Other counties that are noted on the
auditors books for hav II; chieaP, stssk
Nsnd 81 Me earaI ST ST G Be9f6Bsd ss5
Buc i,n saa; Mathews. SOS; Alexandria,
;sa. aud Albemarlc.. where people some n,
lines go to look for me horse ~ ~ :;
would be a waste Of time to try to buy
horses in those counties at the above
figures 1870, 49,
So s%"n psr T sa1 and 1af those os
some other counties run at about the
following varying figures: Cumberlana,
s47:tCiloucestcr. Henry, Dckenson. Buck
ingham AppGmatsox 1sh nnm she sa1n
doaI nj SIS Nansemond. Rockingham:
Cumberland. Caroline. Amelia Isle OF
Wight at So The following ,d e. angye
$40: Chesterfield. s53' ma r!otte, ~
An tie other counties not mentioned
run from s3s to s42. Halifax is the only
county that values It's horse f,esh {. az
exactly s4S per head. That county and
]biItsylvania are twins. and used to be
one. a man travelling In that region
could not tell from the character OF the
soil, growing products or the people ne
meets in tho road or the horses ana
mules he sees IN use which county he
is in, and yet those people have differ
cnt notions as to the tax value Of horses.
the returns from Pittsylvnnla showing
that tho horses OF that county are worth
t1G pcr head less than those OF Halifax.
Truly horse flesh varies greatly IN Vir-