The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-04
FINE AND FLEET
HORSES AT FAIR
Many of the Best Are Listed to
Be on Hand.
PURSES TRULY TEMPTING

FAIRNESS Horses, and Amount Pro-
vided for Exhibition Studs.
II has been 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
mo horse no Fair" for in the years
gone BY hsd there been no racing at
the Great State Fair OF Texas. there
! would not have been many horses bred
or raised. You might say thar the Great
I state Fair Of Texas. at Dallas has been
God-mother TO all breeders Of high
class stock and more especially the
race horse. whether it has been raced
or kept for driving purposes, at home
or abroad, it can be said without the
possibility Of refutation that the Great
State Fair has been built on and
around the performances Of that great
animal The Horse
Robert Ingersoll mas been quoted az
having said that much that is good in
man e tie dog that is in him" Ia this
we differ with him to some extent. ana
Although the dog is an ever source OF
pleasure and comfort to man. SIN ii Is
our firm 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
thoueh many OF us are too young TO
reeali the TACT. il is a matter of, his
tory that when railroads were first
put into operation, il was most aen-
eraiiy predicted that the total disuse OF
The horse would follow. How falaci-
GUS TINS statement proved to be we all
COW Wen know. Again when with q
rub thar carried the rich, the poor. IN
iact an the masses awheel from the
very first Introduction Of the old time
bicycle, again was that ever ready pre-
diction often made the horse must 70.
Dld hey And yet another era one
which does not take an octagenarian
70 recall, was the incoming OF the au-
tomobile, then indeed was our old friend
ana erstWhile companion the ever pa
tieft and long forbearing horse TO 20
the way OF the ancient Eohippus. again
we ask, did he?
If sou wish to try an unusual ex-
pertinent, Just HE YOU forth into the
markets Of the EAST. or if you will,
eiseWhere, and see what a good Ordin-
airy everyday horse can be, first found.
and next, purchased for. 10 further
Illustrate we might say that not a
great time past combination aslo was
held IN a large city OF the East noted
iD tnat sale seven hundred ana fifty
horses were sold: can you imagine for
one minute that this great number Of
horses could be gathered from the four
corners Of the earth and have them all
perfect, Is it not more likely to have
been the case that some OF them were
too young for immediate use, and vet
others too old, and in the sere and yel-
low leaf as it were, and again might
not many Of them been afflicted with
some Of the many ills that horse flesh
Is neir u, or blemished in drivers and
sundry ways. or can you for a moment
claim that II is possible TO gather that
number from the many breeders all
over the United States and have each
one Of them perfect and technically
snund horse. Al any rate, the average
price OF this sale was four hundred and
fifty -four dollars each, and yet, there
are those who would have us believe
that the horse days on earth are num-
bered. Had you ever thought that un-
Like any other crop raised BY the farm
ers Of this great country that il takes
just six years to replenlsh our stock Of
horses2 IL our country Yves suffering
from shortage OF corn. oats, barley,
rye or cotton. one year would be suffi-
cient to do away with that shortage not |
SO however, with our livestock for from
baby beef to horses. it takes from three
TO six years to have them ready for
market.
a few years ago it was possible to
find many of our young men mounted |
on horse that the trappings were Of |
more value than the horse and the for |
mer would most likely be represented !
BY about twenty five dollars as u cash |
outlay, this is far from being the case
today. An elegant combination horse |
will command the attention not only |
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driven or ridden, but viii also sell on /
the open market for from five hundred 1
to one thousand dollars. Then we ask |
can our farmers do better than to 1
one or more of such colts each dlar 1
raise one or more such colts each /
year and feed to them their |
surplus grain and hay to the end /
that someone more eble TO own them |
than their breeders may purchase and /
fit them for the market, as breeding
and raising them belongs to one class /
Gnd the educating and fitting OF them |
TO another.
Can It not be said that eoch breeders I
success al our annual State Fair when |
the finished product is shown will be
an additional incentive to an onlookers /
and visitors at the fall meeting to at /
least try and raise something that can
be shown in competition with his /
neighbOr and are We not all ambitious
TO excel? In conclusion it can hn asked
lis not the Great State Fair held at /
Dallas. IN all its colossal proportions,
its various products of the states many
farms. it's mineral resources. lumber 4
and mining interests built upon and in
termeshed with the horse. Would any
one Of the many enumerated industries
have been the proven success that they
have been without the aid OF the horse,
then we proclaim. all hail to .ae great
est Of all OF the lower animals given by
q great and bcncficient God. 10 mar,
the horse. Again can we say that no /
other than the Great Ststc Fair Of <
Texas has done more. nor have other
interests been able to do as much for
the breeders cf livestock in the South.
west as have they.
At their annual meeting. October a.
%. 1871. twenty -eight thousand dollars
viii be given IN purses 10 both thor
eughbred and harness horses. and in
addition to this, there will also be giv-
en- fer exhibition horses ftffv-einhf
hundred dollars. for cattle eiRhty-six
hundred dollars. and still further for
premiums on swine. sheep, goats. dairy,
farm and mill products. cotton. corn,
r0untF exhibits. poultry. etc. etc. viii
Be- given q grand total Of twenty seven
thousand. three hundred and five dol
lars
There viii be expended In the fan of
1911. IN Dallas. by the State Fair oi
Texas, In premiums. purses. per.nan-
rnf frTrroEf4fIfH Hrf- arn nnar4 ffuur "A