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HORSE COMES FROM ANCIENT BIRTH AND NOBLE LINEAGE
Two and a Quarter Millions of Years of Ancestry Stretch Away Behind tha Nohle Brute That Mankind Honors as a Friend and Uses in Every Manner of Service.
Omaha
THIJ HORSE!
Man's faithful companion and patient servant through
tne centuries since history began: appearing on the stage
of human endeavor in a role second only to that of his
human master, amid the carnage of the battlefield or
the peaceful scenes of the farm and Tillage, carrying upon his
gaily caparisoned back the proud knight, or straining his neck In
the collar to help till the soil and build cities; universally adaptable
to be a fire-breathing Bucephalus or a mild-eyed, gentle palfrey for a
timid woman ah, beautiful, brave, useful animal, au Homeric epic
might well be Indited to tuy praise, or at least an heroic rhyme
penned In honor of thy great services to mankind.
Ho, ye proud humans who point to your ancestry dating, per
chance, from the days of the Mayflower, the horse could laugh at
you were he of a boasting disposition. He traces his ancestry or
rather, the geologists and zoologists trace it for him back 2,250,
000 years. In those good old days of the Eocene age the ancestors
of the horse were tot much, larger than the fox of today. They
had four toes Instead of one boof and they grazed together with
other curious animals of that distant day about the margins of the
shallow lakes, with which we are told this country was then dotted.
Like the heroes In romances, the horse started in a small way.
Probably some of the other animals looked down on 'him and
laughed at bis small size. The big cretosaurus might, have bullied
the horse of that day, and, just to prove what an insignificant
' animal he was, might have swallowed a dozen or so for breakfast.
But the horse persisted under adversity. He stuck to a purely
vegeterlan diet, learned to run, and In a couple of million years
he bad developed Into one of the leaders among animals. In thla
same length of time the certosaurus, like the villain he was, came
to grief, and today, when there are millions of horses in the world
moving 1 the best society, the certosaurus Is entirely blotted oufe
Part of the World's History
It it very evident, then, that the 6,000 years of human history
' are a mere day in the history of the horse. But In this day he has
taken a leading part in human affairs. Representations of hand
some horses appear among the oldest hieroglyphs dug from the
ruins in Egypt; they appear on the heroic friezes of the Greeks;
when tho children of Israel fled from Egypt they were pursued by
Tharaoh in "the chariots of Egypt;." Besostrls is said to have had
27,000 chariots drawn by tie finest steeds of war; the Homeric
heroes of the Haul, took the greatest pride In their horses and the
animal Is frequently mentioned in the epic which coramdmorates
. the adventures of the Greeks; the Lydian cavalry was celebrated
throughout? the world; the Persians, Babylonians, Modes and all the
peoples who fought for years in the country around the shores of the
Mediterranean sea had the most magnificent horses; the Roman
cavalry was famous; in mediaeval times the knight and his war
steed were inseparable; during those warring days the charger ac
companied bis master to many a bloody battlefield and to many a
knightly tournament, and breathed out his life as bravely as the
bravest; the horses of Arabia, Persia and Spain have been world
famous for centuries as the most beautiful of animals, and even in
the breasts of the fierce-tempered peoples of those climes they create
such a love that It Is said the Arab will starve his own daughters
In order to feed his mares.
Such are a few selections picked at random from the pages of
history where the horse has appeared, striving side by side with man
In the. field of human endeavor. They are mostly heroic pictures.
But what shall be sail ef the work of the horse in times of peace, of
Kit burden-bearing, his patient toiling, his straining of muscles and
lulling of shoulders, his leaf -suffering under cruel masters T Words
'annot express the vast Importance of his services to mankind In this
field.
The lion is called the king' of beasts. This Is mere tradition or
the survival of the savage Instincts of man. The lion has no Quality
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Mrs. Charles C. AlllBon and Her Beautiful Mount
except his strength and his fierceness. The horse adds to the
strength of the king of beasts, and comnanionableness of the dog,
a serviceability superior to that of any oUier animal and an Intel
ligence of the highest animal order. '
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Poets Praise Him .
In all ages, by the most gifted writers, he has been celebrated In
song and story through all the various characters and events in
which ha appears, from the snorting, mettlesome charger on the
battlefield to the mild-eyed, beautltul, gentle animal with which
the children play. Bays the poet, Dryden:
The fiery coarser, when he hears from far
Ihe sprifehtiy trumpets and the shout of war
Pricks up his ears, and, trembling with delight,
Shifts place and paws and hopes the promised fight.
And with equal eloquence do the following lines of Mrs. Norton
speak the love Inspired by a beautiful horse:
My beautiful! My beautiful!
Thou standest meekly by
Wlthvthy proudly, arch'd and glossy neck.
And proud and fiery eyo;
'The stranger hath thy bridle rein,
. Thy master hath his gold ,
Fleet-limb'd and beautiful, farewell! '
Thou'rt sold, my steed thou'rt sold!
In the Bible the Almighty Himself In convincing Job cC his weak
ness speaks of the horse, as follows (Job xxxlx: 1D-2G) :
Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his no. : v
with thunder?
Canst thou make him atraid as a grasshopper?' The glory of h'
nostrils is terrible. '
He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength. He
goeth on to meet the armed men.
He mocketh at fear and is not affrighted; neither .turneth he
back from the sword.
' The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the
shield.
Ho salth among the trumpets, ha ba; and be smelleth the battle
afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
The greatest men of history have been admirers of the horse.
The magnificent charger of Alexander the Great Is as well knewn
as the affection possessed for the animal by that general, whs
wept because there were no more worlds to conquer. War horses
were among the most valued gifts for kings In the ancient ages.
The greatest men of modern timeB, as of the middle ages and of
antiquity are admirers and devotees of the horse.
Buch is the animal whose beauty, valor, fair name and other
good qualities are about to be celebrated by Omaha in a great
show. Certain carping critics and bilious pessimists scoff tat the
horse show and declare it is all gotten up for the Bole purpose of
giving the dressmakers and "confection" creators a chance to exhibit
their gowns and hats upon the persons of fair women. Poor critics!
Miserable pessimists! Study the history of the honse, get acquainted
with his beauty and his lovableness and then you will know why
he is singled out from the ranks of all the animals and honored
thus. It is his due. Would the fair women dress In their best
gowns and would substantial business men and men of the highest
intelligence spend hours at a cattle show, or at a chicken show', or
at a show of trained white mice? The horse show is a show of the
horse and not of people. It is an exemplification of the old copy
book maxim. "Merit will tell." The services of the horse to man
kind, whether as prancing war charger or plodding drawer of the
plow are being recognized.
nor stem and electricity wither the Infinite variety of the ho.se.
Today there are more horses In the world than ever before
one for every three Inhabitants In the United States. Today the
animal has mounted still higher on bis climb from his position of
2,260,000 years ago. Today, by means of " cross-breeding, he has
been brought to a state of practical perfection. Today there are
horses which trot a mile in 1:584; that Is, they cover the space ot
forty-four and a half feet in the unbelievable time of one second.
Horse shows in which fashion has participated largely, are not
of modern origin. King Charles I of England, who was, like nearly
.all other monarchs, an admirer ot the horse, gave a show ot the
blooded animals of that day at hia country home near London. It
proved a great success, and from that day the showing of horse
was a prominent event In England. The first American show of
importance was given In New York ,in 18S3. Berry Wall, "King ot
the Dude-i," was one of the leaders In the affair then. Mrs. John
Jacob Astor and Mrs. William H. Vanderbllt were two ot the social
queens who were deeply Interested In the show. Theodore Roose
velt, then a citizen of "few York, also was an enthusiastic spectator.
It was a big undertaking to get up an exhibition of this kind.
Horses are brought thousands of miles to delight the eyes oT ad
mirers. And they are not the ordinary horses of everyday life.
They are blooded animals worth great sums, animals which travel
In state, with two or three grooms to care for them and with high
Insurance upon their precious limbs. Omaha la the only western
city which has not shrunk from the responsibility of the show thla
year. Chicago, St. Louis an Kansas City dispensed with the big
affair, but Omaha is going ahead with every prospect ot a ver?
brilliant success.
Omaha the Best Place
Omaha is an excellent place te hold an event of this kind be
cause some of the finest horses are owned by Omahans. The
names of the men who keep stables of horses In this city and who
dovote much time to the breeding and care of fine animals are
many, and in no other city will more women be found who love the
horse. It might be all right for the erudite feminine Inhabitant ot
Boston to' plead ignorance of the horse, for sne, if report ex&gger
ateth not, is wrapped close in the study of the "oiogies" and "Isms."
But with the western woman, the woman of the free prairies, horse
manship is, If not instinctive, "easily acquired. Borne of Omaha's
fairest daughters have more than a local reputation for skillful and
graceful riding. 1
The magnitude of the Omaha shew is not realized by most peo
ple. Even the preliminary work of protecting the fine wooden floor
of the Auditorium from the hoofs of the equine beauties requtreu
much labor and expense. A layer of boards is laid over the floor;
then a layer of sawdust. On top of this, dirt Is spread to a depth
of several Inches, and on top of, all, tanbark Is laid. Last year
675,000 pounds of dirt were used In this way and fifty-seven tons
of tanbark. In decorating the Auditorium 20,000 yards of bunting
were required. s
The value of the 270 horses entered was f 1,000,000. The value
of the rigs shown was $160,000. The value of the harnesses was
$60,000. Prizes offered aggregated 112,650. One hundred and
twenty-five men were employed In preparing tor the show and 800
were required to handle the horses.
This is the tribute which one city pays to King Horse. For one
week the show goes on and the equine aristocrats appear before
the eyes of their admirers in all the variety of their breeding, from
the heavy work teams, sturdy-built, thlck-neokedt broad-haunch:,
and heayy-fetlocked to the racer, long-bodied, long-legged, high
crested and narrow-haunched. Solicitously attended by their grooms
and kept in the most perfect condition, the beautiful animals are
paraded and admired and petted and loved.
And this is the horse show.
His Day Not Done
A few years ago the automobile was invented and electrical
power came Into use. Then the false prophets "got busy" again
and the mechanical ontlmlBt and the equine pessimist spake, lie
horse was doomed.'they said. Soon he would be as extinct as the
dodo. Certain unpractical but sentlmentatl poets set to work with
tcar-dimmed eyes and compobed funeral dirges for the horse. And
Uie animal with an ancestry of 2.250.000 years vand with an ex
'perienceMn war and peace throughout human history smiled, fig
uratively, at the puny invention of the nineteenth century man
which was called an automobile,; he smiled at the mechanical opti
mists and the equine pessimists, and he smiled at the poet working
with tear-dimmed eyes over tis funeral dirge. He went right on
calmly eating hay and waiting until the automobile excitement had
blown over. He was perfectly calm even when his value dropped
25 per cent Thus was it proven that the automobile cannot stale
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MRS. M'CORMICK.
Government's Effort to Develope American Type of Carriage Horse
NE of the mort interesting and
Ol far-reaching experiments being
I conducted by the United States
fuvvruineni w mi nmrymw
of a national bono an equina
type that will be recesalsed as
dlUnctl?eIy American.
Horse brdera of the United States are
ponding millions of dollars annually oa
Imported breeds, yet this ecveiiae mast In
crease, rather than dimlalah, under prteent
,' conditions, for the roasea that no forelfa
breed of horee bas been feund that will not
" l deteriorate whes taken from hie homo en.
vlronmenC It haa become reeojnlted that
the only solution of the problem Is the de
velopment of a national type of horae a
type that will thrtre and Improve under
Amerloaa environment. Just aa tho Enflinh
hackney,' the Percheron, and the Arabian
horee ail Improve In their natural aur
roundlng. Unit, Stsuadwd Caxriaa Bane.
Tue trotting horae la the only equine
type that can be called national today. But
In thla instance utility and tx-suty have
been sacrificed to speed, ao that the trot- -tins"
type is a menace rather than a bene
St. Wby ahauld the only Antei-loan hore
be' d?oea-hlpped. oat-hammed, fiat-ribbed,
ewe-necked, while fortunes are being ex
pended annually for Importations where
atrvke and beauty are demandedt The
trotting horse type Is useless for stiytlilnj
but race track purposes. What the coun
try deeds Is carriage horse that will con
form to certain standards of style and ac
tion. The demand for a carriage horse of
One type la general. The farmer, the mer
chant, he professional man, and the man
of leisure constitute the market. The price
far carriage horses ranges ftom $300 for
the comman types up to fabulous sums
that men of means are glad to pay for the
most highly developed, finished and trained
Individuals. But while the Oemand is so
general, the supply la practically exhausted.
Constant Importation doea not solve tho
problem, because of the rapid deterioration
of the descendants of Imported herses. Tho
only remedy la the development of a na
tional carriage horse, and it is with this
purpose In view that the government haa
established a horse breeding statloa at
Fort Collins, Colo., where the Orst steps
In thts experiment In evolution have betm
taken.
Meaatala Rearloa ava Breedlaia; Graad.
In locating ths nuilim.il horse breeding
station In Colorado, the experts in charge
of this experimental work took cognizance
of the advantages offered in the altitude
and climate of the Rocky mountain region.
Fort Collins Is located about fifty miles
north of Denver, a few miles east of tho
Bocky mountain foothills. On these high
plains the tiny three-toed horse, whose re
mail: were found by the Whitney scientific
el ditior, ri'i iic J lii on-historic ag s. On
these wondertul uplands, approximately a
n, kt)uvu - level, everything tends to
the production of a perfect horse. . bound
bones) and hoofs, great lung power and
good slse are moat desired In a herse. The
bone of the aativa Colorado horse la aa
dense at a pieoa af Ivory. The dry atmo
sphere develops a hoof ao solid that a na
tive herse can travel miles over the rock
iest country and suffer no Inconvenience
from lack of shoes. The high altitude de
velops heart and lung power that gives the
Colorado horee wind and courage to make
a hundred miles a day and repeat the per
formance next day without Injury. The
ctlmatlo conditlona and pure air and water
are apparently conducive to speedy growth.'
while the native grasses, aun-cured on the
plains, have always been considered the
finest feed for any kind of live stock.
Wyoming, Montana, Utah, and the Da
kota are also admirable breeding grounds
for sturdy horses. The wonderful feats of
endurance perforated by Vony express rid
ers and government scents and soldiers In
the west would net have been possible had
not the tireless western horses been avail
able. The western cow peny today is the
most hardy, active and courageous animal
in the world, and can stand mo.-e hard
work on less feed aad less caru than any
other type ef equine all due. no doubt, to
the Ideal conditions af climate and atmo
sphere offered by the -western states.'
dale, Colo. Mr. Grubb had obaerved how
Interior native stock thrived In Colorado
how the "scrubbiest" cow pony became a
veritable, equina dynamo amid such idoal
surroundings and ha conceived the Idea
of developing a pure-blooded native horse
of a higher type than the Rocky mountain
states had ever known, and from this foun
dation stock developing a carriage horse
that would be recognised ns a national
type. Mr. Grubb laid his Idea before W.
Lt. Carlyle. dean of agriculture at the Colo
rado State Agricultural college, formerly
at the University, of Wisconsin. Prof.
Carlyle Is one of tha most noted live stock
educatlenal experimenters In tha United
6 la tee. lie recognised the feasibility of
'Mr. Orubb'a plan, and shortly after tha
assembling of congress In 1$03 these en
thusiasts went to Washington and laid
their plan before Secretary ef Agriculture
Wilson, who waa Immediately enlisted la
Its behalf. When tha matter was laid be
fore oongrea? hardly a dissenting voice waa
heard, and a substantial appropriation was
readily secured. Thla appropriation will no
doubt be Increased annually as the horae
breading experiment grows In scope.
a Makes au A reprtatloa.
n who conceived the idea of de-
The nn
vcloping the typical American horse under
such Ideal natural conditions la Eugene H.
Grubb, a veteran stock grower ot Carbon
SeleetlBsj Stak (or Sreedtag,
After securing tha government appropria
tion for carrying en tha work, aad locating
tha experiment Station at Fort Collins,
where the state of Colorado tendered the
use of Its buildings and equipment, a com
mission was apeotntad ta select Ike founda
tion stock cf the Aaerkaa carriage herse
of the future. This commlnslon consisted
of Prof. Carlyle, Prof. C F. Curtis ot
Iowa Slate Agricultural college, and Dr.
Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal In
dustry at Washington. This commission
was assisted by O. M. Rommel of tha
bureau of animal Industry. M. H. Tichlnor
af Chicago and Mr. Orubb of Colorado. In
selecting the foundation stock for this first
government stud lt waa doclded to make
use of those families of American bred
trotters specially noted fer quality, sixe,
style, action and substance, rather than
speed. The progeny of such famous aires
as Red WllUes, Morgan Massenger, On.
ward, Harrison Chief and Almont. bred to
mares with a large proportion of o;d Mor
gan blood, should become tha basis of tha
new strain. The work of selection required
tha greatest skill, since the Morgan stock
in America at present haa degenerated,
through a lack St care In breeding. Into
small, pony-like horses, lacking In action,
Ill-formed aa to limbs and feet, and pos
sesseed of hereditary unsoundness. In fart
the original Morgan type, from which so
many of our families of trotters received
their endurance, strength and well-rounded
proportion, la practically extinct It is
believed, however, that a sufficient number
af great individuals remain to aerva aa a
connecting link between tha old and new
type, and It was the collecting of the be't
i of these Individuals that occupied tha at
tention of tha purchasing commission.
fetter several months thirty .five mares
wars ce Use lea fram serea states, and were
paeseed upon by the purchasing- committee.
There were representative anlmale from
the farms of the most famous breeders la
Wyoming. Kentucky, Wlscenaln, Iowa,
Illinois, Michigan and other states, and
from thla mast remarkable assembly four
teen mares were finally selected by the
commission and purchased at greatly re
duced prices. In addition three notable
donations were made by W. C. Brown and
Colonel Fred Pabst ot Chicago and Judge
William Moore of New Tork City.
Tha Reaowned Government Stallion.
Even greater cere was evidenced -hen ft
rame to selecting a stallion to be placed
at the head af the government stud. After
the oommlsslon had examine! worthy anl
male from all parts of tha country, unani
mous choice finally settled on Carmen,
bred by Norman J. Coleman of Bt. Louis
and owned by Thomas W. Ijtwson of Boa
ton. It Is not inappropriate that the first
government stslllon should have been brod
by the first secretary of agriculture.
Carmon was purchased early In life by
Thomas W. Lewson for his famous coach
four. He stands sixteen hmrts hluh. weighs
1.&4S pounds, and la a glossy bronxe bay
In color, with black points. He ts 10 years
old. and his e-rare and beauty and Koed
qualities of disposition are the admiration
of ail vtbitors, from every part of the
world, who Inspect the foundation stock
at the government stud.
Carmon, when owned by Mr. Lawson,
was known as Glorious Thunder Cloud
Ills stalllco mate, Glorious Red Cloud, Ma,
Lawson has refuted to sell at any price
keeping Hit for tha head ef his stack farm,
DTearnwold. It was only his deep to tarsal
In the government breeding eoheme that
Induced Mr. Law son to part wtta Casmen
The four-horse stallion team. In wntah Car
mon figured, cost Mr. Lawson t39 KO. Thla
was the reoord price for a coach four Until
Mr. Alfred Vanderbllt paid a higher sum
for hia celebrated coach font RatHnT
Bilk. Full Dreaa, Sweat Maria aad PoUy
Prim.
Owing to tha fact that Carmon was aed
aa long for driving purposes, ha baa left
few offspring, and these from mediocre
mares. Consequently ha haa noi been thor
oughly praven aa a sire of carriage boreea
ef high type, but tha progeny ef tha Fort
Ool'.las station seem to have all tha equali
ties that tha most exacting oaa demand,
and have so far borne out tha Judgment
of the purchasing comtnlsslaon. Carmon's
show ring career la unsurpassed by airy
other American home, as ha haa been suo
cessfully exhibited ae a stallion In breeding,
classes. In a coach four and In a pair, ,
.
"Points' ef tha baver-saaant StndU
In developing trie Ideal carriage horse,
there ts no thought of demanding; absolute
vnlormlty In tha foundation stock. There
la a variety af road vehicles and a conse
quent variety of Individual taste, and so
there must be variation In color, also anfl
temperament where tha horae Is eonoef&ed.
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