The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-07

or abroad, It can be said without In,
possibility Of refutation that the Greai
state Fair has been built on and
around the performances Of that greai
animal The Horse
Robert Ingersoll has been quoted a.
having said that much that Is good IN
man Is the dog that is in him. in tbis
We olEfer with him to some extent. ana
aitnough the dog is an ever source ol
pressure and comfort to man, still ii Is
OUT lirm belief that had we to do with
put one OF the other, man could have
pest survived the total elimination ~
the dog, than that OF the horse And
tnoush many OF US are TOO young ID
recall the fact, il is a matter OF his
tory that when railroads were first
/ put INTO operation, Il wns most aer-
efaliy predicted that the total disiisa ol
'ne morse would follow How falaci-
ous tnis statement proved 10 be we all
now Wen know. Again when with a
/ Eub that carried the rich the noor Ia
fact all the masses awheei from tba
very first Introduction Of the old-tine
sieycie' again WAS that ever ready pre-
aictlon often made, the horse must co.
Dio hel And yet another era. one
"hlch uoes not take an octaeenarian
70 recall, was the incoming Of the au-
eoinoDile, then indeed was our old friend
ana ana erstwhile companion. the ever pa
.isht ana long forbearing horse TO 90
the way OF the ancient Eohippus. again
we ask. did he?
II you wish to try an unusual ex-
pertinent just HE you forth into Inc
markets OF the East or If vou win
elsewhere, and see what a good ordjn-
airy everyday horse can be, first found.
ana am, next purchased FOR. To further
Illustrate, We might say tha{ not a
great time past combination aslo was
heid IN large city Of the East. noted
lhe world over for its miiiionaircs. and
IN that sale seven hundred and fifty
horses were sold; can you imagine for
one minute that this great number Of
noFses could be gathered from the four
corners Of the earth and have them an
perfect, Is II not more likely 10 have
been the case that some OF them were
700 young for immediate use, and vet
others too old, and in the sere and yai-
low lear as IT We're. and again might
not many Of thsm been afflicted with
come OF the many iiir t3iat horse flesh
IS heir 10, or blemished in drivers and
sunory ways, or can you for a moment
claim that 1t is possible to gather that
number from the many breeders III.
over the United States and have each
one Of them a perfect and Technically
sound horse. AT any rate, she average
pfice Of this sale was four hundred and
fifty-four dollars each, and vet. there
are those who would have us believe
that the horse days on earth are num-
oered. Had you ever thought that un-
like any other crop raised ~ the FARM
ers Of this great country that il takes
Just six years to replenish our stock u
horses2 If our country ives suffering
from a shortage Of corn. oats barley
nv "a
eient to do away with that shortage not
50 however. with our livestock for from
baby beef to horses, IL takes from three
to six years TO have them ready for
market
few years ago II was possible 10
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
Dy about twenty-five dollars as cash
outlay, this Is far from being tho case
today An elegant combination horse
will command the attention not only
along the streets on which he may be
driven or ridden, but win also sell on
the open market for from five hundred
to one thousand dollars. Then we ask
-ean our farmers do better than 70
one or more Of such colts each dlar
raise one or more such colts zach
year and feed to them their
surplus grain and hay to the end
that someone more able to own them
than their breeders may purchase and
fit them for the market as breeding
and raising them belongs 10 one class
and the educating and fitting Of them
to another.
Can it not be said that each breeders
success at our annual State Fair when
the finished product is shown will he
an additional Incentive to an nnl0okers
and visitors al the fan meeting 10 at
least try and raise something that can
be shown in competition with his
neighhor and are we not all ambitious
to excciy In conclusion Il can be asked
lis not the Great State Fair. held at
Dallas. IN al It's colossal proportions.
its various products of the states many
farms. its mineral resources, lumber
and mining interests built upon and in
termeshcd with the horse. Would any
one Of the many enumerated industries
have been the proven success that they
have been without the aid Of lhe horse.
then We proclaim. all hail Go ne great
est OF al of the lower animals given BY
= great and benefl.5ent Cod "a man.
the horse Again can We say that no
other than the Great state Fair of
Texas has done more, nor have other
interests been able to do as much foi
the breeders OF livestock IN the South.
west as have they.
At their annual meeting. October a.
%, 1911. twenty eight thousand collars
viii be given IN purses to both thor
uughbred and harness horses. and In
addition 10 this. there win also be- rie- /
sn for exhibition horses fifty-eiehi i
hundred dollars for cattle eiRhty-six /
hundred dollars. and silli further FOR
premiums or swine. sheep. goats. dairy. f
farm and mill products. cotton. corn.
rounty exhibits, poultry, etc, etc. viii I
be given grand total Of twenty seven ]
thousand, three hundred and five dol
ars.
There win be expended in the fall ~ +
1911. Ia Dallas. By the State Fair Of I
Texas, ~ premiums. purses. permnn-
INT improvements and operations =
Erand total of two hundred and five /
thousand. three hundred aud five dol /