Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-30
HORSES HELPED
BY JOY CARTS
VALUE OF EQUlNES INCREASED
IN RECENT YEARS
AUTOS GREAT AID TO RURAL DE-
VELOPMENT
Owners of Machines Independent Of
Corporations, and Trips to
and from City Source
Of Delight

The automobile is the newest con-
tributor to health, comfort and happi-
ness of man. The horse was the first
to teach the joys of travelling by a
less laborious manner than on loot.
Whether on his back or in vehicles to
which he was hitChed, "man's best
friend" doeile and willing, did his
best to tighten the labors OF his mas
ter, and, in his particular sphere, he
can never be supplanted. But human
needs gave the horse more than ne
coul do. The long journeys were
killing and at the same time too slow.
Then came the steam engine and the
railroads; after that the bicycle and
frolleys, and then the automobile. All
relieved the oYerworlked horse, and the
aeroplane will some time do its part in
still further regulating the demands on
flesh and blood. The horse is more
highly priced than ever, but he is no
longer given such herculean tasks to
perform. The general public depends
upon railroads and trolleys as a means
of travel, while the bicycle and auto
do much of the private individual
work which formerly fell to the lot OF
the horse. Little, teasing runabout
jobs which kept old Dobbins perpetu-
ally on the move in country districts,
such as going for the mail or to the
store for groceries, are now turned
over to little Johnny on his bike,
while distances from five to one hun
dred miles, with from two to eight in
the party, are nuts for the automobile.
With all these many helpers of the
horse there are more horses in the
world today than ever before. and
they are more valuable than ever. The
bicycle, which has practically been
driven out of big cities by the automo-
bile, is more numerous than ever in
town and country districts, and the
builders give facts and figures to show
that more bicycles are in use today
than ever before. The increase in the
number of automobiles is phenomenal
and the demand seems greater than
the supply. All of which goes to prove
that the world is growing and that the
speedy perfection of aerial navigation
is needed to relieve the demands for
aid on helpers of the horse.
Auto Owners Independent
No other invention has done quite as
much as the auto in making wealthy
people who love rural life independent
of corporations, for trains and troll
leys are no longer essential to the COM
plete enjoyment of the country. The
distances up to fifty miles are of very
little account in ordinary weather, and
a man of business will feel free to
depend entirely upon his motor car for
daily trips to and from his place of
business in the city. or in taking his
family to the opera in the evening.
The cars are so comfortable to ride in
that a two or three-hour trip is plea
sure rather than a hardship, even when
no thought is given to the fact that the
cutting is as health-giving as it is en-
joyable. In a thoroughly up to date
car, noiseless and frictionlesS, the mile
posts may be left behind as rapidly
as the law will allow without exciting
any feeling of racing in the minds of
the riders. The temptation to turn on
more speed is great, when the roads
are good, and even the most timid
sooner or later learn to like to ride
fast. There is an exhilaration about
being whisked along at break-neck
speed, and once an automobilist is Bit
ten by the "speed-bug" his trouble
has begun. But the day Of indiscrimi-
nate Joy riding has passed, for au-
tomobiling is now on sound COM
nonsense footing.
Auto Craze and Good Roads
However, that it is also something of
n craze just at present is shown by
the crowds that attend automobile
shows. The owners and prospective
owners, as well as the individual who
has no real ground for the expectation
of ever owning a car flock to the halls
where the autos are on dress parade
and study every detail of the new Of
ferings of the manufacturers with an
interest that is truly remarkable. It
seems particularly strange that the
public should be so willing to pay an
admission fee to see automobiles in q
show when the same cars can be seen
at any time at the auto sales rooms
without cost. This can only be ac-
counted for by the fact that the peo-
pie are enough interested to wish to