Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-07-08
Prices Of Horses Still High.

Horses in the West continue to command
high prices. There was a speed sale held
at Chicago recently at which All horses
were sold and the prices that were paid
seemed to the old-time horsemen some
thing outrageous. but they all went like
hot cakes. Horses from Kentucky with a
bit of saddle breeding in them that were
anything but good looking brought $500
and $500 apiece. The All horses sold
realized almost $4,000. says Bit and
Spur
An auction sale of Shetland ponies was
held under the auspices of the Shetland
Pony Association. almost a dozen men,
6ers contributing 100 ponies. These men
did not put the pick of the farms in the
sale, but Notwithstanding this the average
price was over 500.
Draft horses are selling still higher, a
pair OF gray percherons realizing $1,000 a
short time ago. These prices hold good all
over the country and are not confined to
any particular breed of horses. Any useful
kind of animal brings much more money
than he would years ago, and you cannot
look at any of the better breeds without
being staggered at the prices asked. A
number of polo ponies were sold in New
York the other day in the rough and real
lied exceptionally good prices, and so it
is all down the line.
Of course the automobile is usurping
great deal of the work that is done in the
large cities, and has also done away with
a tremendous lot of horses for fashionable
driving purposes, but this, except in the
cases of nonhorsey people and for those
whose business requires rapid conveyance
from place to place. will right itself as time
goes on.
In England. although the trade in auto
mobiles is booming. a great many ladies
are returning to the carriage for afternoon
calls and driving in the parks. There has
not been marked increase in the pur-
chase of carriages. but this is largely due
to the fact that fashionable people have
still variety of cOnveyances which they
have not sold and which they are now be-
ginning to use again.
On the authority of the United States
Department of Agriculture there are now
2l,O4O,OOO horses in this republic. and
their average value is $10819 This Is an
increase of about one million head during
the past year and an appreciation in value
of about $3.50 per head. These horses
comprise As per cent. of the entire live
stock of the country. and their value reaches
the enormous sum Of So. 276, $685. 00 The
highest average value is found in New
Jersey at 1884, and the lowest is SAT in
New Mexico
The distribution by States shows that
Illinois leads with 1,655,000 head worth
$2O5,22O,0OO. an average of $l25.
The second horse State is Iowa, which
has l,447, 900 head. valued at $l20 each,
total of $l73,640,000. Texas, probably
to the surprise of most people, Is eighth
on the list, being surpassed by the two
States mentioned, and by Kansas, Ohio
Nebraska, Missouri and Indiana, although
the Lone Star State has more horses than
any OF these seven States except Iowa and
Illinois. Texas has 100000 horses, but
they are worth only $73 each, a total Of
S99,937.O0O. Kansas has 1887 900, val
ued at $127, O09,000 or $l07 each Ohio
has only $4,000 head, but they are worth
size, 033,00U. or 1929 each. Nebraska
has l,045,O00 head. worth SIP. $3.50. 900,
or SOB each. Missouri has 1,005,00
horses, which at $l03 each are worth $l03,-
$4,000. Indiana has $4,000 head,
which at $l22 each are worth $l03. 1884,
900.
Following Texas in the production of
horses come Michigan, with sos, $4,000
worth tenth, New York, $89. 625, 600 !;
eleventh. Minnesota. $85 1877 900 twelfth,
Pennsylvania. 81,708,000 thirteenth,
North Dakota. $81 1875. 900; fourteenth, Wis
consin. $50, $4,000; fifteenth, Oklahoma.
$65,124O00; sixteenth, South Dakota,
$64. 10000 seventeenth, California, $44-
100000; eighteenth. Kentucky, $42, 1885,
900 nineteenth, Tennessee. $35. 288 900.
These nineteen States have horses valued
at $l.826, 1888. 900. or 80 per cent. Of the
total for the country
The United States and Russia have about
One-half the horses of the world, Russia
having about the same number as the
United States Argentina is third on the
list with 100000 head Asiatic Rus
STA fourth with about 100000, and Ger
many next with 100000