The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-19
STILL DISCUSSING
 DONKEY QUESTION Montgomery Men Inter- viewed on the Subject SOME MULES PACE But No One Has Been So Far Found
 Who Will Declare That
 Donkey Can

That a donkey shuffles is the opinion of Dave Roswald
 MT. Roswald lives in Montgomery, and is an expert on the movement of quadru- peds
 He made this statement through the columns of the Montgomery Journal, which is an indication that the discussion which has had Birmingham by the ears for a week has extended into other sec tions
 In Birmingham the people are still talking. Yesterday, J. Fall Roberson. who in ordinary life, is a merchant at Cropwel (and mighty good one). but who, in vacation time assists In mak ing laws for the guidance of the com mon people, was a visitor yesterday.
 T have read every line concerning the discussion" stated he. 'I got so inter ested that I went out in the yard and had negro put all my stock through it's va rious notions There was one mule which did pace-although 1t requi2ed the stren uous effort of couple of hands to bring out the fancy gait
 Now. concerning a donkey, l am not so certain. To tell the truth, have never seen one get out of walk. save when under the influence of the balmy breezes of fall, he ambles bit"
 Views in Montgomery
 But Mir. Roswald is confident that a donkey can shuttle. His opinion, along with others, is included in the following excerpt from the Montgomery Journal:
 Does a donkey pace? Is it consistent to portray the democratic donkey in a Pacing Pose with Wilson on the anil malls back and Marshall tagging on to the beasts tail?
 "A cartoon by Budd, in recent issue of Harpers Weekly, has evoked a little fun and some discussion at the expense of the artist who drew the picture In Alabama the criticism of Mr. Budd has been noted especially In Birmingham, where several citizens declare Mir. Budd's cartoon to be inconsistent, because no donkey ever paces.
 w. V. l.. Harrison of Birmingham says fin The Age-Herald: Who Ever Saw Pacing Donkey?'
 "R Williams, in the same paper: Woodrow Wilson on pacing donkey as the artist of Harpers Weekly DOT trays the democratic candidate, Is an anomaly. for a donkey does not pace; 1t walks and trots and sometimes runs, but it can never be taught the art of pacing. Moreover 1t does not care to learn
 Perhaps in Birmingham they have a different Varietv of donkeys from those that have been seen In this vicinity. be- cause the view of Montgomery live stock dealers on the vital topic arc en- tirely out of harmony with the expres- sions from the Magic City.
 "DaVe Roswa1d of Roswald Brothers. who have been in the horse and mule business here for long time says that a donkey does pace. but that his step, of course, is different from that of other pacing animals.
 "'The donkey "shuffles," as we call 1t. said Mir Roswald. Nearly every one [ have ever seen does 1t and the "shuffle" is unquestionably a species of pacing. You will also find a few mules that will pace
 "C. P. Deal who Is with Lghtfoot & Steagall on Lee street and has been in the live stock business practically all his life, declared Wednesday that both donkeys and mules do pace
 "I recently saw bunch of about 100 donkeys at Mineral Springs, Tex.. said Mr Deal. and you can bet, ev- eryone of them was a paeer, They have to be in that country. l have known plenty of them around this part of the country to be pacers.'
 MT. Deal comes from Graceful. Fla, where he was reared in the horse and mule business"