Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-17
United States Being SKINNED
and Huge Order Placed
in Argentine.
WHISKY GIVEN ANIMALS
DURING THE OCEAN TRIP
Roughest and Rawest Article of
Spirits Administrations
Appetite. Is Claim.
BY HERBERT COREY.

RY HERBERT COREY
NEW YORK, March 16.-One side of
The horse business the limited States is
just no" ooins with warning Europe
is that in 1915 horses to the value of
80 Trauos a,.noa =. ,,a o.sns s aa
of the business was afforded by the
horse boss who drove this tangled crew
down to the steamer docks at Bor-
deaux.
"Vive la Fraunss," said the horse
boss, kicking his men violently.
At little distance two sendarmes
-a+cbed hi,, j.; ,,,..,o,+ 7. =; o,,
" - "
Known III Europe that as hatioh we
are meek and long suffering. We turn
our cheeks frs, tn Germany and then
10 Hreat Britain. and get them properly
slapped. But individuals We are
prone to a certain fstic liebtness The
..naarr a., -, -.
u'u i''' Niio" what ~ oo
ABOUT the horse boss. He relieved them
of a mental weight when he shouted:
"yiys 10 Er,rns
we la france NJ seer, SAID the
sehoarmes. Ihey watched the SUISSE
QueHl processes IN content ms man
was no enemy. pouotless the humans
ne was Wahoplng deserved their treat
t msn. me me senaarmes osten.atiou E,l
{urneo tneir PACKS upon the scene. me
morse boss thrust rough forearm
seIoss ms Iorenead ana resumed ms
ldoo,s- MS SUITS ciimped unsteadiiS
c
oi'eu STATES Is "eihs shliiiiied
1oi ,io' nv" au"'s "un'or III horseS
nc. cue 'ii'eS ma, CON
io' iVoV'V0' horses III 'fe Ar
Du 'nes arc NOT u oe oe
i'e'eu un'ii inc hor'herh supply Is
uste e asasoi Is .nat me
of decentralization before he is nseful
in the army service The basic qualify
of the northern horse is better The
northern horse can be delivered in bet
ter condition because the VOYAGE is
shorter There are half a dozen reas
sors
Among the consequences of tho trade
is an increase in horse prices here
nag thai might have haen uortb s-5
before the Var is worth double ,bat
now Horses are being houebt ar fee
ures ranging from s150 to s35o Rafore
the war the cost of steamer transnor-
tation 70 Enrone RANGED about sIs ner
horss Eor ,bar s,,n, 7ha horsa 80 p
commodated With fair s,sI, in she
SoId 20 - "a, IN t ui
o1u,z r.z-.
"r, Is I'm s'V 70 80, Gnu
se ~. 'ue ii'i 80 aie s.iip?eu ~ pens
upTu INC opeh ueenS oi u ahspoit -
oo hsns mares are oslhs snippeo.
.,' ~. ,en M sI ma" i'' ii'"'e9
Tab. o,.;.; Viz;
,o,, ,,iv,,,..t ,.,o, -. =,
.i,,,..i,
a..
o.
'e "a
we oriVe EN- through again nome OF
them ever go home
North Atlantic winter weather is
about the worst weather there is The
borse. consi1ned m the E,neIisb norts
do No, suffer oreat1y In grsa+ nart
sh.v traysI hy hoats which Tera h,,iIt
por the nurnose The stalls huiIt for
them are sturdy affairs accordinq To
the horse boss The cost an average
- e. .ach TIL s,oi,s b,,i,, -, 80 81
fbs tramn freigb,srs Which ,be E,ranch
goy.rnmsnt Ne hasn concnaIi.d 20 usa
srs ~ ,be Nims;est constrrction Son1a
times they are NM nm az a cost Of S14
each When The bip norm .tian,;c
feakertles stall after stau IL broken
down The horses are tossed ahomt
like dice on a bar.
II lost seven out of $50 and sixty out
of 500 and six out of 200 on my last
three VOYAGES" said the horse boss
They were pleasant voyages. We
hardly shipped a sea All | had to do
was to keep the horses eating"
Making Horses Drunk.
1t appears that whisky is an aid to