The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-05-09
HORSES FoR CORONATION
kentuckian Gets Fancy Prices Fol
Animals In London.

kcntuckian Gets Fancy Prices For
Animals in London.
His pockets bulgirg with 5-pound
notes. John G. Weaver, proprietor OIL
the Forrest farms. just outside OIL
Lexington, KY. where the finest of
coach and carriage horses are bred,
has just returned from London.
When he went over month ago
or more, he took with him 80 odd
horses. He brought back the money
flor them.
every year." he said when asked
about his good fortune. IF Ia had
sense. I'D have taken over twice as
many as | did. | could have sold
them all and then some more. I've
got orders for half a dozen matched
pairs as it is, and II can rake to-
gether dozen besides, I've a notion
to hurry back to London while the
market is good.
Anybody who's got pair OF car
riage horses standing more than II
\ hands high can dispose of them for
spot cash just now. for the supply
OF big horses for the coronation
festivities is far short OF the demand.
And it's all due to the motor car,
strange as that may seem.
l 1.-THE advent OF the motor car put
fhorses out of the running for many
i purposes, and the horse-breeding
business received a severe setback.
or course there always will be a de-
lmand fof good horses, bat just now
the call is for automobiles. and horse
breeders have had 10 take a back
seat. Lots OF them have gone, out
OF business altogether.
"Then along comesthe coronation.
i. il were possible TO use motor cars
in the pageants attendant upon that
function. there would be no trouble
in getting enough TO have one every
week in every city In England, but
motor car coronation wont do just
, yet. Tradition surrounds the cere-
mony, and presidents must be OBJ
served. No one would consider
motor ears and coronation pageants
. in the same breath.
What are wanted are big-boned,
yet 1.-THE horses. standing II hands
high. They must have a certain dig.
! nifty about them. be not too spirited
for a slow gait, with well shaped
head. carried high They must be
perfectly matched teams. bays and
1 browns preferred. blacks acceptable
whites not wanted at any price. ex-
. cept they be extraordinary fine ami
mals
Ordinarily American horses are
!. not in demand In England for car
/. riage use. They say our horses iacl
the aristocratie appearance that il
:. Indispensable and result Of Ions
breeding. But just now they ar'
{ willing to take ours, seeing theil
: own market has been swept absolu
!, tely dry.
! Agents Of LONDON dealers havl
! been here buying horses and send
I ing them to England. and 4 was thi
that gave me the idea OF taking M
Z own animals over ! reckoned tina
s could get better prices there thai
: here. and, that in addition. ! woul'
s have the trip over. which ! neede'
!, for my health. | found that II wa
just as ! had anticipated. Where
! could get only $500 10 $3.50 for M
! horses here. ! had no trouble Of dis
posing OF them there for $500 o
!. more. The people there have simpi
s got 10 have horses. and they are no
4 standing on the price.
$50 scarce are horses that jus
answer requirements that the agent
s Of foreign dealers here have bee
!. even visiting private stables In thei
!. with their own private horses, Offer
!. ing high prices for hne animals.
!, "one OF them told me that q bi
y liyerystableman In London. VII
! owns many pubic buses has renie
j, most OF hts b. horses for the festiv
\ week. getting as high as $50 70
|. their exclusive use during that tins
q don't,believe many Of I.ondon's ol
4 families would ulsh Il 10 be know
that their coaches In the coronation
parade viii be drawn By bus horsei
Int II IL a .-New Work Times.