The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1889 Page: 3 of 8
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LIME STOCK.
Horso Notes.
JayKyfc.See Harry Wilkes and
1'hallas nrc not likely to be Seen on
the turf again.
I. . JIIM Ul IIIU l'IUUilllCIIII L'illlllJa Mils
( Wen nailed ftaby Anson because it is
sucn a great kicklt.
Hrofhcr Dan a full brother to the
pacer Johnston afofi 1-4 has a trotting
record of 2:23 1-2.
Gargb is much watched in her work
at Coney Island. Sim is considered a
likely Suburban candidate.
.Another stake for four year-olds
Fbahr-of 1875 'las keen opened by the
JUiffalo driving park association.
The Czar full brother to the Km-
porer of Norfolk recently won the
Pacific Derby one and one-half miles
in California in 2:36.
JJudd Doble will remain at the Wash-
ington Park track Chicago until the
date of the running meeting when he
will go to Detroit.
A mile track has been completed at
Hickory Grove Racine Wis. the
home of Jay-Eye-See and Ed. Hither
will put in the season there training
colts byPhallas.
The fair ground association of
Fresno Cal. will hang up a purse of
$20000 for a two-mile heat race on
Thanksgiving Day next. The star-
ters need not be nameduntil three
days before the race.
An old style road race came off re-
cently between two South Jersey trot-
ters. The contestants were Chestnut
King and Old Virginny owned res-
pectively by General Charles Haight
of Freehold and Mr. Frank Rives.
The course was from Freehold to Long
Branch and return a distance of thirty
four miles. Each horse drew two
men. I lie start was made at 10:10
m. and the round trip was com
pleted by 12:50 making the distance
in two hours and forty nnnutueS in
cluding a stop of twelve minutes at
Long Branch to cool out. King beat
Old Virginny by three lengths. There
is talk of another match for $1000 a
side.
The black gelding J. Q.. 2:17 1-4
is said to have sailed for South Ameri-
ca in company with the bay mare Tem-
pest from New York. Among the
other horses shipped on the same boat
were the bay gelding Sentry 2:25 by
Grand Sentinel dam Jenny by Van
Kirk's Night Hawk; the bay gelding
Piano lioy by Prince or Keenuc with
a record of 2:21 1-2 the bay gelding
Little Walter. 2:29 1-4 by Clarion
Chief and a team of bay mares. The
mares were purchased from John L.
Russell of Warrensburg N. Y. They
are five years old and were sired by
Arnold H. The dam of Daisy is
Lady Kingsley by Pardoe's Columbus
and Emma B. is out of Mayflower by
a sotVof George M. Patchen. Neither
has records but they are splendidly
matched in height color style and ac-
tion. There never was a time when a
horse could win as much money as now
and there never was a time when two-
vear-old racing had reached anything
2jF like its proportions. The most valua-
uie biuKCb are lur uvo-year-uius. ni
Monmouth Park there is the Junior
Champion worth something like $25-
000; the Select worth about $8000;
the Sapling Tyro July Hopeful Au-
gust and Criterion each worth about
$6000; the Aniboy and Carteret
Handicap worth each about $7000
or $8000. At Coney Island the
Futurity this season will be worth about
$60000 to the winner; the Great Eas-
tern worth $8ooo; the Autumn worth
$6000. The Titan at Jerome will
be worth some $7000 or $8684
The Great American at Brooklyn
will be worth $20000 and the new
Eclipse stakes at Westchester will be
ttrnrtli nlimit 'fcir rtnr. Tin TvrmrnnH
IV drd Hyde Park stakes at -Chicago
JlT-' ' are each worth about $5000. There
?V are at least twenty-five stakes in the
east which will be worth about $5000
I or over.
The two American bred trovers
Spofford and Governor Hill were
safely landed in Buenos Ayres after a
voyage of forty-seven days. The
yk severest shaking up occurred off New-
port News. The gale was strong and
the sea ran high. The horses were
protected by padded stalls. In picas-
y. ant weather they were walked on deck.
ij&v They also had a large open box with
fflf plenty of straw to prevent slipping
into which they were turned one at a
time when the ocean was calm The
shoes were badly worn on the voyage.
The friction was as great as if the
& trottqrs had been on land. The two
- horses walked ashore in their new and
far distant home as frisky and nimble
as colts They will be driven on the
' road and compete in races. Three
4 days before Spofford and Governor
Hill were landed the bay marc Sky-
light Pilot who had preceded them to
Buenos Ayres died. She was by
Strathmore had a record of s: 1 9 and
L her loss was keenly regreted.
F ) The All-Work Horses.
jr A subscriber asks the Prairie Far-
f"tf mer to describe the all-work horse
one capable of doing the general work
f jf the farm. We do npt believe there
4i is an animal.bred or that can br.bred
that will meet the requirements more
than measurably. A few years since
at a public meeting where this question
was discussed tlic editor . was asked
the question and replied as follows:
The horse of all -work may be desig-
nated as that class used principally
on the farm specially adapted to farm
labor but Avhich being stoirt and true
at a heavy pull will fit the same time
be a tolerable saddle horse; and which
on the road besides drawing loads at
a fair even pace shall at the same
time be capable of moving off at the
rate of six or seven miles an hour
with the family carriages if necessary.
If to these qualities the animal in ad-
dition should possess a handsome
shape and carriage he will indeed be
a prize. It must be confessed that
such animals are very rare and when
obtained are regarded by their owner
with especial favor. In fact such do
not long remain on the farm; some
acute horse-buyer is sure to pick up
all such animals for sale in cities as
light carriage-horses and horses of
light draft.
The horse of all-work is of course
always of mixed blood that of the
thorough-bred on the ordinary cold-
blooded mares of the country produc-
ing the largest number As a rule
for want of care in breeding they are
apt to be weedy animals really unfit
for anything except light work. The
horse of all-work should be not less
than fifteen hands high and from that
to sixteen hands with a good head a
neck of medium length will set on
rather oblique shoulders withers rather
high a chest neither narrow nor
broad clean limbs short-bodied round-
barreled the rump and haunch long
and muscular and the tail set on
rather high. A large handsome
roomy mare stinted to a staunch
muscular thorougbred makes to our
mind the perfection of a horse of all-
work. A cross of a Cleveland Bay stallion
(which now-a-days possesses a strong
dash of thorough blood) crossed with
a good-sized roomy mare should
produce animals that will do the work
of the farm and road until six years
old and then be rno.it salable horses
for city work either for the carriage
coupe express work or light draft ac-
cording to the style and make-up
which they possess. In breeding for
such horses however the farmer must
have studied horses carefully to be-
come successful; far more so than the
generality of farmers do. The great
est mistake made is in breeding to
thoroughly eds weedy or otherwise J
unfit for any profitable work. A stout '
muscular thoroughbred if he be hand-
some and yet not speedy enough for
the one or two-mile course would be
just the thing and yet the most of the
thoroughbreds used by farmers who
are horsebreeders are animals that
cannot possibly "stay" for more than a
quarter or at most half a mile. Two
and three-mile races stout and muscu-
lar are wanted to assist in forming the
horse"of all work for our country dis-
tricts north and south.
In the south the horse of all-work is
generally a feeble and weedy animal.
That section of the country lacks essen-
tially the powerful work horses found
almost everywhere in the north.
Another class of horses suited to pro-
duce horses of all-work are stout
compact large trotting stallions. Such
as are muscular and of good bottom
and if in addition they are from fif-
teen and-a half to sixteen hands will
leave their impress wherever used. If
the farmer would select good-sized
roomy mares to breed to such stallions
it would soon result in a class of farm
horses which while doing the work of
the farm would when ready for mar-
ket command quick sale and good
prices.
For horses of all-work that shall be
heavier than 1.200 pounds a cross of
any of the draft breeds upon fair-sized
roomy mares will result in strong able
horses of 1300 to 1400 pounds that
will move a heavy load and not dis-
grace the family carriage on Sunday.
Prairie Farmer.
The Draft Horse.
There has been a great deal said
and written recently about the danger
of overdoing the draft horse business
and those who make this prediction or
who are the most positive as to its
truth arc usually those who are sure
that the trotting horse business can
never be overdone; We do not think
there is any immediate danger of over-
doing either; but there is in our opin-
ion more danger of producing a sur-
plus of trotters than of every-day
work horses.
The really fast horse will always
bring the really fast price just as there
is alwaysf remunerative employment
for a really talented man no matter
how many beggars there may be in
the streets The addage "There is
always room at the top" holds good in
everything. But there is a possibility
of over-producing a class of horses
that are simply drivers because the
class of men is limited who can afford
to keep hors.es for driving alone. We
do not think that there is any danger
of immediate over-production of this
class of horses but it is certain that
their production is increasing more
rapidly than that of the class of men
who can afford to keep them and a
dropping off in the price jof horses
with tccords under (hrcc minutes may
be looked for In the not far distant
future.
Thc'rc arc but two sources bf de-
mand for the-trotfer and they ate "akin
viz.: pleasure and sport and a man
must be possessed of wealth consider-
ably above the average before he can
indulge in cither.
On the other hand the sources of
demand for the draft horse are nwner-
ous and rapidly increasing. Among
them arc the rapid increase of agri-
cultural operations and the increased
use of improved farming implements
which demand a heavier class of horses
than has heretofore been. used the in-
crease of railroad facilities making long
.drives less necessary for the farmer
and strength rather than speed in his
horse desirable. Another point to be
considered here is that it costs very
little more to raise a heavy draft horse
than a common pmc. Hence tnej
present price of this class of horses
will stand an immense cut before the
business of raising them will cease to
be profitable and every cut in price
will greatly increase the number of
persons who will use them so that the
material lowering of the price must be
very slow.
We do not wish to be undersood as
not loving the trotter. As a matter
of personal preference we would rather
have them than any other- class of
stock; but not for profit either present
or prospective Stockman and Far-
mer. '
Cures for Parasites.
The remedies for destruction of lice
on live animals are numerous and
varied in their effects. 1st. The old
one made of lafd tobacco water and
flour of sulphur has not lost its virtue
or outlived its days of usefulness. 2d.
On cattle a proportion of lard oil and
creosote in proportions of four parts
of the first and one of the latter is
very effectual. 3d. Two ounces of
Scotch snuff mixed with six ounces of
lard oil. 4th. One drachm of colomel
and one ounce of crude petroleum
will not kill the lice but cure up any
irritation caused by the parasitic in-
roads. 5th. A great many persons
recommended ashes dust lime and
various other substances. These in
mild cases are sometimes very efficient.
6th. Hen lice are frequently irritat-
ing to horses congregating about the
roost of their tails and manes. They
are almost microscopic in sie and
hence hard to see and are never sus-
pected of creating the disturbance
which horses frequently manifest.
These hen lice on horses should be re-
moved with calomel and petroleum as
above descnbcd.
7th. For lice on hogs Prof. Shafer
recommends washing pigs and hogs
all over with crude petroleum and the
next day wash them all over with' soap
suds with a brush. This is evidently
not intended for such numbers of hogs
as some farmers have. And yet if
they are lousy they must be cleansed
or the grain fed to them is -thrown
away. But if hogs sleep in dry earth
as recommended by Hon. Mr. Brown
of Marshall county Iowa there is no
danger of lice; but if they have.almost
any other kind of winter bedding their
sleeping rooms should be sprinkled
with chloride of lime ar what is better
carbolic acid.
8th. Horses or colts infected have
been cleaned by rubbing into the hair
white precipitate in powder. But care
must be taken that the horses are not
made to sweat or get wet for some
days afterwards.
9th. The old fashioned mercurial
ointment has probably not outlived its
days of usefulness. It is "strong
mercurial ointment one ounce lard
seven ounces. Mix well together and
rub the ointment on where the lice ap-
pears." 10th. The Hon. Warren Brown
says: "Take ten pounds of bar soap
melt it and add one pound carbolic
acid crystal. By making a suds of a
portion of this carbolic soap and ap
plying to the animals has never failed
with me"
nth. Prof. Fernald says: "I have
found sulphuret of patassium to be
the best in all cases of external para-
sites." The proportion is from two
to five ounces to a gallon of water.
This sulphurate is a dark green and
must not be taken for the cyannide of
potassium which is white artd a dan-
gerous poison.
' 1 2th. Quassia root in the propor-
tion of one pound to a gallon of water
will destroy lice and there can be no
harmjresulting from its use as it will
not hurt a man. So says Dr. Cogs-
well. We have thus given remedies
enough. Make your choice. But re-
collect several of tlic things named
are dangerous if dosed to heavily or
carelessly. That which will kill para-
sites will also kill beasts if used too
freely. Western Sportsman.
The new furniture mentioned last
week as enroute is now in stock at W.
A. Flint's and the finest lot of wicker-
ware bed room suits rockers easy
chairs lounges folding beds side
boards etc. ever shipped to west
Texas. 14-tf
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For good goods and cheap goods
go to the Alliance store'. Free dejiv-
I ery to all parts of the city. utf
TIMBER-CULTURED fLAW. -
SecrotAry Noble Gives a Now ComtruUion
to tho Act.
WAsniNinos May "6. Secretary
Noble to-day rendered an important
decision giving a construction of the
timber-culture law in which he reverses
the policy of the department that has
prevailed for the past few years and
defines the policy which will govern pn
this question in the future.
The question came up on the claim
of Sames Hair wjio bought a relin-
quishment of a timber culture claim.
The law was complied with in all res-
pects and the question involved was
whether the land was devoid of tim-
ber so that it could originally have
been entered under the timber culture
law. It was shown that there were a
few small trees or bushes on the claim.
Heretofore the interior department has
held that one or two trees on a claim
constituted timber in sufficient quanti-
ty to preclude an entry under the tim-
ber culture act. Secretary Noble re-
verses this rule. He says after re-
viewing the law at length its spirit
and the country to which it applies.
"No arbitrary rule can be establish-
ed for the government of every case.
It should be the desire of the depart-
ment to ascertain what the intent and
purpose of congress was in the pas-
sage of the act. Clearly it was to
encourage the artificial growth of tim-
ber in a prairie county. It is within
the experience of all mankind living in
prairie regions that in prairies a few
scattering trees are to be found and it
would not seem that congress intended
to exclude every . tract of that kind
from the timber culture act. It stands
to reason that it was not the purpose
to deprive the occupants of the vast
prairies of the west of the benefits of
the act if there happened to be a
single tree upon the section. I take
it that words 'prairie land or devoid of
timber' within the spirit of the act
means land practically so."
Referring to -two prior decisions on
this subject in which it was held that
a few trees upon a tract defeated the
entry under the timber culture act
Secretary Noble says that a fair con-
struction "would prevent an entry of
any prairie land that had timber of
any character upon it standing fallen
or otherwise."
The Wool-Grower's Duty.
Can vou hold your wool? A
cor-
respondent of the Pittsburg Stockman
thinks it is the woolgrower's duty to
get into a position to hold his'wool
He says: If we were to state a posi-
tion that would be favorable to the
woolgrowers what more could be
asked on paper? Is he not in a
position to askhis own price? Let us
suppose sucir'a condition in the iron
trade; the mills producing but one-
half of the iron used in the country; a
good tariff and foreign iron almost as
high as the home product. Why it
would not be ten days until the iron
made in our home mills would be sell-
ing within a dollar a ton of the im-
porting prices. Somehow they have
the knack of keeping the selling price
up in the region even when there is
an overproduction. Why cannot wool-
growers manipulate the tariff to their
own advantage in a like manner? We
will give two or three reasons; Per-
haps the most obvious is the importa-
tion of foreign wool under various
disguises such as waste top etc. A
better classification is the great change
needed in the present tariff on wool.
Hut there is a second consideration
that must pot be overlooked. It is
well known that the woolen manu-
facture! s have a complete organiza-
tion; it is equally as well known that
the woolgrowers are unorganized. Add
to this the important fact that there is
no one to whom we can sell our wool
but to these same manufacturers and
we have before us a situation which is
not difficult to comprehend. We are
forced to sell to them while they have
the markets of the world from which
to buy. For this reason the market
price of our wool is not determined by
its intrinsic value but by the relative
position of the growers and the manu-
facturers. For two or three years the woolen
men have been on top; there were no
other buyers for our wool and we had
to take whatever they were pleased to
offer. Is it not time for a change? It
is true that we must sell to them but
is it not also true this year that they
must buy of us? Is it hot the object
of the tariff to give us control of the
home market? Then let us take com-
mand The question of profit in the
next clip is not to be determined by
the market value of the wool but by
tlic strength shown by the farmers In
holding their wool.
The present duty of the woolgrower
is to arrange Iris financial affairs that
he can hold his wool for at least three
months There is too much banking
done on the wool crop. What is more
common than to hear farmers say "I'll
pay for this when I sell my wool?"
Stockman and Farmer.
J. W. Kcd &Co's. display of gents
straw hats is very nobby and cool
looking. . r5-tf
A wagon and team for sale. Apply
at this office. i8-tf
ROMS
ADVANCE STYLES!
All Combine to Please and AttractI
Wc arc now receiving tlic best .c1tctel line of Dress (Joods TninmiiiK" Notions C'lolliing
I'.tc ever brought to this mnikct. Don't fail to see our
Ohallies Carina Lustrine Lattice Canvass Cloths-All-Wool
Battistes Plain Albatros. Check-
ed Albatros Striped Albatros Strip-
ed Serges Henrietta Cloths
and SATEENS
Before Purchasing Dress Goods.$
"TV n T T" N.I " Ui ' Ur 7- To say Hint this line is complete does not
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and examine before making your purchases. No trouble to show goods.
The Big Watch Jeweler.
Makes a specialty of carrying fine goods in his line
Watchs Diamonds Jewelry Clocks Spectacles
and a new line of novelties in Silverware for the
spring and summer trade. The Finest Watch
and Jewelry Repairer and the only Engraver in
West Texas Engraves every article he sells free
of charge from a Silver Thimble to a Diamond
Ring. If you need anything in his line call on
him we guarantee he will please you both in
sales and work.
C. Evans
LU
Shingles Sash Doors Lime
Cement Plaster.
ALL LUMBER KILN DRIED!
Quality Guaranteed. Estimates Furnished.
Correspondence Solicted.
Abilene. Colorado. Big Springs.
HENRY PFAFF
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
Anheuser-Busch and W. J. Lemp's
Keg and
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John R. Jones & Co.
Manufacturers and dealers in
t ong bine and
Leaf impress
Shingles Doors
Sash Blinds Mouldings Etc. Etc-
ABILENE TEXAS.
TIRIIfcTIID.A.X COAL.
MONEY LOANED
In Large or Small Sums on Long or Short Time. Vendor's
Lien Notes Bought and Extended by
TEXAS LOAN AGENCY OF CORSICA TEXAS.
Agent ant Attorney.
Office over First National Rank - - Abiletfe Texas.
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