The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-14

ceipts were $4,000. The early shows
were popular with statesmen as we'll
as horsemen aud social leaders. This
is shown by paragraph from the
New York Sun which said There
was one man at the show who was
gaZed upon with reverence and admir-.
alton That man was "A big powerful
one, with an ,ye that looked as II Il
could pierce, and n very pointed gray
beard that curled and struggled toward
the curl that wound down toward II
from the forehead That was Roscoe
COnkling, examining the horses and
passing out horse wisdom In wav
that made professionals look astonish.
ed
The awe with which the Horse Show
is regarded from a standpoint OF fash.
ion is rather amusingly demonstrated
by an incident which occurred last
year when two Handsomely dressed
young women appeared bearing large
white cats In their arms. Immediate
ly there was quite furry in social
circles and &c rumor was carried from
mouth 10 mouth that The rage OF the
season wouid re the bringing OF cats
10 the Horse Show Much TO the re-
lief OF those persons who did not care
for cats, il was discovered upon in
vestigation that the two girls bearing
felines did not belong To the fashion.
able 400, but were chorus girls who
were anxious To gain at little publicity.
The Horse Show holds a more i'm
portant position In the eyes OF fash
ion than the opera. for it permits the
display OF morning afternoon and
evening gowns, whereas the opera Is
confined TO the evening and an DC.
Casional matinee Those who benefit
most 10y the annual Horse Show are
the milliners and modistes, for. OF
course, the occupant of box at this
event never wears the same gown
twice. and there Is great rivalry
among the social leaders TO outshine
each other in the splendor OF their
Horse Show regalia. The descriptions
OF the gowns worn by the distinguish.
ed visitors are published with even
greater assiduity by the newspapers
than the names Of the blue-ribbon win.
ners in each class.
The advent OF the automobile. and
earlier OF the bicycle, threatened al
one time TO overthrow the popularity
OF the horse, but according 10 census
statistics the value OF horses in Am.
erica mas steadily increased From
1897 10 1900 they increased thirteen
dollars a head and in the aggregate
$i51,320.046 In 1900 there were 81.
203, 90l horses and colts in the United
States, valued at 81 050, 526.96T A real
blow 70 the horse, however. was the
adoption Of steam and electric power
for urban traction. The loss in horse
flesh values from this one cause has
been estimated at s5e0,006,660 in the
United States
The horse has been the most help.
full 10 mankind of all domesticated
animals. In peace and in war he has
been mans friend even as far back
as the Stone AGE. wnen ne was first
captured from the plains OF eastern
Europe and the steppes OF Asia. Il
is probable that the horse OF today
Is a compound OF more than one kind
Of wild ancestor The only truly wild
horse known at the present time IL
Pezevalsky s-a small. compact an
imal existing in herds on the elevated
plains OF western Tibet. There were
no wild horses in America or Aus.
traIia from The beginning of historic
times until the advent OF the Spanish
at the close of the fifteenth century.
But today the United States ranks
second only 10 Russia in the produc-
tiOn OF horses, Argentina ranking
( third and Austria Hungary fourth.
The most valuable horses come from
: America. There are fewer wild horses
/ here than in Russia. while Argentina
leads the world in the number OF un.
tanned herds.
The horse that is the proud produc;
Of American breeding is tn, trotter.
which has been developed I'm the
course Of fifty years. II Is the typical
American horse 10 be found in every
hamlet in the country and in recent
years has been exported in large mum
bers 10 Europe where il seems destin.
ed TO suppldnt the native animals for
road driving. In the fifty years OF its
development il has cut the speed rec
ord for mile from 2:37 down 10 less.
than two minutes fiat, and in addition
! TO speed II has the added virtues or
adaptability and versatility.
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