The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-04-07
NEW YORK LETTER
If. ". [. Clifton Writes About
Superficial and Other
wise. and on Horses. Dogs and
Other Anlma|s...A Read.
able Letter.
New York City, March 2e, 1911.

ar Sentinel
~. .other animals" forming a part
.he theme of this public letter are
those of the Bronx Park $780," MOI
those of the small m%enagerie in Cen
/, mark. which is just across the street
I'M our apartment; but, rather, the
,areds of thousands of human beings
~ mon. women and children-that
,,nv the shops, stores and factories;
swarm the streets; that pack the
bwavs: that crowd and jostle each
or in surface cars and elevated trains
Manhattan island. Please, at once,
b;.b from your mind the thought-if
|, have such a thought-that l intend
odious reflection by speaking Of these
nile as animals; for remember that
are all animals, and l fear that most
his at times give evidence of traits and
(racteristics that, if pondered without
(iudiee, and comparatively, would Gre
strong suspicion that the great Eng
scientist was not far wrong when he
lcluded that man is possibly of simian
kestry.
But. to the treatment of my subject
The order indicated in heading.
he first thing that especially attract.
Inv attention on arriving in New York
: not what, l believe, almost hypno-
rs many visitors to our great metropo-
1.-The endless row of skyscrapers and
lging throughput rather the magnifi-
Il draught horses that faithfully and
GENTLY perform so much of the heavy
,ling of the city. Not only their size,
also their intelligence, appealed to
/; further, the care and consideration
bwn them by their masters. These
tses are predominantly of two colors,
TX roam and iron gray. They are, l
told, of the two prevailing breeds,
tcherons and Clydesdales. The speci.
ms used in New York are evidently
efully chosen individuals from care
~ selected strains, adapted by enorm-
of frame and compactness of build
the use made of them. The loads
} draw-folks up here don't say pull
would amaze even a person who is
TAINTED with the logging" industry
the delta. The teamsters, for their
i, are apparently devoted to their
(ses, treating them kindly, feeding
I'm well, rubbing them down" thor.
khly and regularly, covering them in
ny weather and shielding their chests
I'm the cold throughout the winter.
the other hand, these poor, low
owed teamsters sometimes evince less
diligence than their horses. When the
eets are covered with snow and ice
horses often slip down on very slight
Hines. They soon learn to take fall
very philosophically, and usually lie
Ietly until assisted to their feet. Or
occasion of this kind is when the
fse sometimes exhibits more intelli
nee than the driver. One day l saw
horse fallen in such a way that his
by was pretty well under the pole
Ks up here never say tongue-of thu
lyon. The "batty" driver was trying
force him to get up without bein:
hitched. The horse would not bulge
assumed command and ordered the dri
to loose lines and draw-tugs-folki
pit say traces up here-and to maxi
other horse pull the pole from owe
one that was down. The intelligen'
lmal, at once recognizing his release
Fambled to his feet without bein!
ged. think the horse had more sens
pm the man.
The driving horses are the finest, be
mainly of the English Hackney
Fh-headed, high-steppers, and the bes
herlcan ~trotting breeds, selected TO
Ped. The colors are almost invariabl,
or brown. By crossing these the.
We bred up animals, high-headed with
: the check-rein, natural high-steppers
q speedy. You rarely see a horse il
rness here that has not both style an
Ped. Only last Sunday l went u
oadway from Fifty-ninth street t
Hundred and Sixteenth distanc
two and eight-tenths miles-in a sui
e car, and a man was driving along
e in a vehicle. When l left the ca
man in the buggy was about a bloc
cad. These horses are all CAREFUL
Oomed-hair clipped and hoofs pc
Jed. They seem indeed to "feel lthei
u.s."
Dogs, dogs, dogs! My! the dogs
autlful dogs, ugly dogs; long dog
ort dogs; smooth-coated, shaggy7coate
q the Mexican dog with no coat at all
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