Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-27
Gvsuraa'ol' Evsnme Yesterd3y Grsi : I3S93
SATURDAY, DECEMBER y. i9l
The Passing Of the Horse.


There Is nothing more obvious these
dsvs of changes and shifts than the fact
thst mans best friend is passing and soon
may JOIN the dodo and other historic
things that N going have left behind only
. remembrance Of their having existed
and played a part N the worlds affairs.
Tho sale 4 few davs ago, Of the late How
,rI r Wallacc's stnnG of trotters g Of
ts,lf convincing proof that the horse is
Doomed - extinction and will have - 60.
The passing ~ the equine IS Of great
significance. The horse figures in al
mans undertakings from the davs of the
earliest Elhlcai tines. eyen IN the
r~.or,i- Ii the decd, II Elijah, where he IS
r.pres,ntcd - drawing 4 fiery chariot in
winch the pranhct was translated, and
,h,, .idsd m pursuit II the Hebrews ~
thr.r ascapc from tho bondage Of the
Pharaohs and vcrc drowned in the Red
So
H. mythology IN alI q the arts and
ss1ence- the horse has had $ conspicuous
rr,rt and n the oarlcr days hc was deciding
actor II the wars between peoplee-
Rut. ales. IN these trying times when al
otbcr objects arc apprccisting in value, we
hnd TIC bor~c falling - low as 70 bring
- ,han tie pnoe paid for an ordinary
io1 prlt
The PICK 81 Nr WaIlaoes stable sold
Tor s425. which for An eight-year-old
trottcr With mark n 2.0SI5 and eligible
f,~ the III races Is rdiculously cheap IN
ihe.s, times Il inflated values Indeed,
The s,rlrc prlcy ~ the horsc todav would
have b--,n Iesss than 500 4 money values
vcr, estimated thlrty years ago. mother
sr-ss s,lI far 500 Flc had mark of
49,. a7d !, third. 18th speed ~ IL
found ! rcluct1He huvcr at sI55 The-c
sr-,-e~ ~ 81 4oan Is ..tair 0yccsi for the
fr5ttrrs Contrast them with he $4,000
~ $4,000 Qa,d for Flors Temple forty
n-.rs aco. When hrr sp.,-d q 40 chal-
L-,-ad tbe s4nlr4tion ~ trctt,nr mcu nf
the wbol, country - consider later,
thirty vrars aso. the sale of Dexter. with
rn,oTt = II. - one II the enormously
r7ct men 4 the country for $4,000 or
thsrra6outs. and later the s.Alc Of Maud :.
tNc w,rdrr II the turf with record of
.h,ut > IL for sso.ono. Also, the sale of
W1dpr 4at Ioralns the famous Pacing
"a ~ I-l.7 " Hill - Frank Siddal, The
s7ap rnsu. fo- 50 100, score or more
v,ars AZ
The same nav be sad of the running
h,-se--,.zcs-rt the vcry stars II thr trrf
Bat for tho fact that running races supply,
4, exclls, f3r betting, however slrrcpti-
tio,lslv. the tracks would be turned INTO
rrassure Or corn fields, for the races Of
.ternseiver have lost their interest and
1~sw-nC power
OF TIC farm horse. and indeed of All
kinds ~ horses, the .ame holds true. The
farmer IS discarding TINS faithful beast Of
burden for The gasoline engine and tractor,
for the hor-r under the new conditions o.
labor is too slow and too expensive as
farm factor
I.ven the show horse. bred ana reared
4nd tcuic1 with the greatest care, must
49, Fms written on ne wal Of his up
aa.rtrrcd stall. If hc d..es not realize he If
i small importance IN au exhibition OF
a.cb a-ed b5rses. L IS becagse his percep-
.ior 81 bun. X Heistoday but IN ezcusefor
the ,ilsaav Of riches aud costumes and
niIiuery e people who please 70 cal
themselves the 's1ua-t set Hc Is of no
more interest - the crca' majority Of
people who attend horse shows than IS q
last ye2r rs bird : nest
The doom of the rsce horse dates per
haps from tie advent Of the motor car.
Who BUY the most confirmed devotee Of
the races cares 70 witness z contest on
race tracA when N these days the motor
racer covers 90 miles or more an hour. Or
the sirFlaIe salls through fht ether at
speed of three and one-hall lmIles minute?
n view of tie present day demand for
more aud nlore speed al time when time
and spacr IL. briua obhtcratrd. the horse
Rtth a record IF tv ; mlnutrs i indeed too
aow for hi, -r4rlr y To az and must
,Ivc WY Ito hts sor,od man faithfully
.nd xe!i from III, very feginnlnp pf time
WITHOUT hlm ole cannot conjecture how
he world would have advanced except
that thc onnircent One would hsve met
3ug noed IL some other wav The horse
div our earl. war charots bore kings
ana commanders " batrIes plowcd our
deids harvested our crops carried us To
church ~ ~ the hunt thrilled us with his
spetsd, and 10 tact entered NOR, closely
inug TN daily ife and achievements of
man than did any other beast Of the field
True, he may not b. pushed Of into
rhe mist of oblIvon-into the discard
wl;h the thousands oj other things that
have hiied their MISSION and gone on