The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-13
AMONG THE HORSES.
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BY J. J. ],

recent issue OF The Horse Review
has this pleasant comment on the eff
forts of a Fargo gentleman to pro-
mote the light harness horse inter
ests In this state and vicinity:
Sam Crabbe, a civil engineer living
at Fargo, N. D., is equipping a stock
farm near there with the intention
of 'eeding trotters. Adrain Ha Ha, p.
I2:11%,. by Adrain Wilkes, dam Mime
haha, p. 2:09%, and Al Logan, son
of Alberto 2:24A, dam Lady Logan, by
Western Chief, will be the stations
on the farm. The small band Of we'll
selected brood mares will be added to
from time to time until the leading
families are represented. The few
young things sired by Adrain Ha Ha at
the farm are a clean, good-gaited lot,
and will no doubt soon represent it at
the races"
And The Review might have added
that no man in this section Of the
country has shown a deeper interest
in the harness horse than Mr.. Crabbe.
| II this is to become a state known for
| it's high-class harness horses it must
be brought to the front by such efforts
as are being made by S. f. Crabbe.
Major Mallow, 2:O4A, that won the
$4,000 pacing handicap at Lexington
recently, is a product of the half
mile tracks, having commenced rae
| ing over the two lap rings away back
in 1906, when he appeared without a
record, won three or four races with
| out losing a heat, and looking so
good that he was protested at once for
a ringer. He is owned and trained and
driven by w. H. Mallow of Wash
ington, G. H., o., and is Ohio bred
his sire being Box Elder, 2:231a, which
has been dead since 1900, and his dam
is by Bobby Burns, 2:09A, another
famous Buckeye sire.
Now that the entries have all beer
made in the Excuse Book" the las
the sale ring.
]. T. Smiths horse, Commodore Mac
is being logged on the road by e. T
jerks, the local driver.
Daniel Webster is being logged OF
; the road by Mr.. Longfield.
The price of oats Is slowing but sure
! ly dropping. The Lord knows the!
have been high enough for the pas
year.
Tame hay and gold wild hay brinl
/ about the same price in Fargo, now
/ A few years ago tame hay was hardl,
/ to be found on the market, at an!
price. With the advent of tame hay
look out for heaves in horses.
I The question of calks for winter us
A is a knotty problem at best. A gentle
I man who has experimental some give
3 this as his solution of the vexatiou
question, and it may be found wort
I trying: I take an ordinary three-cor
t nered file, such as carpenter uses TO
n filing saws, and fasten 1t in vice an
e break 1t up in desired lengths, by s
doing the level surface of the file
v preserved Then 1 take a piece o
O wire such as it used for bailing ha
t and secure the piece of file firmly
: the shoe and braze it in place.
a then take the shoe from the forge an
restore the former hardness of the file
@ calk by immersing 1t in water. Thi
: kind of a calk has two distinct ad
. vantages over others; the calk bein
IT low does not put the horse on stills a
10 he scarcely realizes that he has calk
It on his shoes. Second, the cutting edg
Is of the calk is extremely sharp an
IS owing to the hardness and superic
1t quality Of the steel does not wes
down rapidly. have used them o
1t ice and with the very best results.
lie does away with the annoying chopr