Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-01
FINE And FLEET
HORSES AT FAIR
Many of the Best Are Listed to
Be on Hand.
PURSES TRULY TEMPTING

~ hds pcen an exiOm from time inn
memorial that the trite saying mo foot
no horse can have been no more
truthful statement than TO now say
no horse no Fair" for in the years
gone by had there been no racing al
the Great State Fair of Texas there
would not have been many horses bred
or raised. You might say that the Great
State Fair OF Texas. at Dallas has been
God mother to all breeders Of high
class stock and more especially the
race horse whether 1t has been raced
or kept for driving purposes. at home
or abroad, II can be said without the
possibility OF refutation that the Great
state Fair has been built on ana
around the performances Of that great
animal THE Horse"
Robert lngersoll has been quoted as
having said that much that is good in
man Is the dog that is in him" In this
we uliier with him TO some extent. and
ai.housh the dog Is an ever source of
| pleasure and comfort to man. still II IL
our tlrm belief that had we To do with
OUT one or the other, man could have
pest survived the total elimination of
the dog, than that of the horse. And
| tnouEh many of us are too young 70
recall the fact, IL is matter OF his
tory that when railroads were first
put INTO operation. it was most gen.
| orally predicted that the total disuse Of
The horse would follow. How faIaci-
Gus this statement proved to be we all
now well know. Again when with a
ruD that carried the rich, the poor. in
iact All the masses awheel from the
very first introduction of the old-time
olcycie. again was that ever ready pre-
alction often made. the horse must go.
Did ne And yet another era. one
"hlch uoes not take an octagenarian
10 recall. was the incoming of the an
tomobile then indeed was our old friend
ana erstwhile companion, the ever pa
tient ana long forbearing horse TO 20
the way OF the ancient Eohppus. again
We ask, did he?
III you wish TO try an unusual ex-
pertinent. just HE you forth into the
markets of the East, or if YOU will
ELSEWHERE. and see what q good ordin-
aIy EVERYDAY morse can be, first found.
and next. purchased for. To further
Illustrate. We might say that not a
sreat time past combination aslo was
aeld IN large city of the East, noted [
ne world over for its millionaires and |
n that sale seven hundred and fIftv |
-orses were sold; can you imagine for |
me minute that this great number of I
aorses could be gathered from the four |
corners OF the earth and have them all !
perfect. Is II not more likely to have i
Deeh the case that some of them were
100 young for immediate use, and vet
DINERS too old, and in the sere and vel
low leaf as II were, and again might
not many or them been afflicted with
some OF tie many ills that horse flesh
is heir to, or blemished In drivers and
sunory ways, or can you for moment
claim that it is possible to gather that
number from the many breeders ali
over the United States and have each
one OF them "A perfect and technically
sound horse. AT any rate, the average
price or this sale was four hundred and
fifty-four dollars each, and vet. there
are those who would have us believe
mat the horse days on earth are num-
hered. Had you ever thought that un-
IKE any other crop raised by the farm
re- OF this great country that It takes
ust six years to replenish our stock OF
lorses! III our country was suffering
rom shortage Of corn. oats. barley. i
rye or cotton, one year would be suffi-
cient 10 do away with that shortage not
SO however with our livestock for from {
oaby beer TO horses II takes from three
10 six years TO have them ready for
market.
Few years ago II was possible to
lind many Of our young men mounted
On morse that the trappings were OF
more value than the horse and the for
ner would most likely be represented
~ about twenty five dollars as a cash
outlay, this is far from being the case
oday. An elegant combination horse
VIII command the attention not only
liong the streets on which he may be
iriven or ridden, but will also sell on ;
he open market for from five hundred
o one thousand dollars Then we ask
can our farmers do better than to
aise one or more such colts each
ear and feed to them their
urplus grain and hay to the end
hat someone more able TO own them
han their breeders may purchase and /
II them for the market as breeding
nd raising them belongs to one class
nd the educating and fitting OF them !
o another.
Can 1t not be said that each breeders'
uccess at our annual State Fair when .
he finished product is shown will be .
N additional incentive to all onlookers '
nd visitors at the fall meeting to at a
east try and raise something that can =
e shown in competition with his
eighbor and are we not all ambitious
D excel! In conclusion II can be asked
is not the Great State Fair. held at n
'ailas. In all its colossal proportions, /
70 various products Of the states many Y
arms, it's mineral resources, lumber X
nd mining interests built upon and in d
srmeshed with the horse. Would any
ne OF this many enumerated industries
ave been the proven success that they
ave been without the aid Of the horse
1sn We proclaim. all hail to me great =
1t Of all Of the lower animals given by !
great and beneficient God, to man,
re horse Again can we say that nc b
Their than the Great State Fair Of n
exns has done more, nor have other J,
lterests been able TO do as much for :
le breeders Of livestock In the South e
est as have they. II
At their annual meeting. October IA \
|. 1911. twenty Eight thousand dollars
III be given In purses to both thor
Ighbred and harness horses, and In ID
idition to this. there will also be Civ N
| for exhibition horses fifty eight | 8,
inbred dollars, for cattle eighty-six =
lndred dollars, and still further for q
'emiums on swine. sheep goats, dairy. n
rm and mill products, c0ttonr corn. ~
unity exhibits. poultry, etc. etc! viii :,
given Q grand total Of twenty seven "
ousand, three huhdred and ne dol- =
r.. ~ fr
There viii be expended In the fall q =,
II, IN Dallas, By the State Fair Of y
'xas, 70 premiums purses, perman- =,