Show WESTERN RANGE HORSES Chicago Sept 6 6 No horses iu ire the world excel the range horses of our western state stales for lor military purposes and andI I think the trip just finished by my cowboy cowboy cowboy cow cow- boy friends here proves prove my assertion The rore foregoing Qing remark was made by Dr William A A. Bruett Druett special commissioner commissioner commis commis- sione- sione o of the bureau of ani animal al industry of the department o of agriculture He was at his home in this city cilY and with him were two stalwart young men William and Bert Gabriel These young men men continued Mr Bruett Druett have just demonstrated that the and range horses of our plains can cover a distance of Ot 2400 miles in 90 days and subsist on grass and water alon along the route without grain and more important still from a military point of view without being shod hod I can say without fear o of contradiction contradiction contradiction con con- that no other horses in the world could have made the trip under those circumstances The route commencing at Sheridan Wyoming and ending at Celena this this state covered all kinds of country turf sand rock clay and mud When they entered on the last joo Soo miles of the of-the the journey the horses were in m as good condition condition con con- in in every way as when they th y started started started start start- ed from Wyoming but from Dubuque to Waterloo la Ia the road rend along the Miss- Miss river was either over jagged rocks or deep mud The heels mcf frogs of the horses feet were so o badly bruised that although they could have completed led the distance to Chicago I telegraphed telE the men to let the noble little hule animals stop slop at Gelena Had the horses been shod at Sioux City la Ia a. a as I telegraphed knowing the road over would h have ve to travel to Chicago the horses would have reached here in good condition The telegram lo to reach the men and they brought the hor horses es through under my instructions What were the instructions To b Begin egin with the department of agriculture some time ago determined to create reale i if possible a foreign n demand for fur our native western rn horses ToJo Todo this it was Mist fast necessary to prove the merit of d these horses particularly for or ora a v ri il i r uses as as nearly S-nearly nearly a all 11 countries commies are buying large numbers num- num bers of ho horses ses for military purposes It was urged against the native American horses that they were we-re lacking in size and ce bur lor the work To answer that objection it was decided to have horses of lIf the two types known as the and rangers nuke make 11 a trip in c. c company from territory to Chicago a distance cf i 15 5 o 0 miles To ride these horses we happened to Have just the right men In the local bureau at the stock yards of the department depart deput- ment of agriculture two brothers brother named William and Albert Gabriel They had been beell cowboys for years ears and were thoroughly familiarly with the entire western country They were willing to accept the task real realizing fully its hardshipS hardships hard hard- hardships ships shipS' and on oil June Julie they started for Jor Chicago Their instruction from rom the department ol of agriculture were to proceed to Sheridan Sheridan Sheridan Sheri Sheri- dan Wyo select from a ranch two horses which had never been bridled or saddled and bring them to Chicago without feeding them any grain so long longas as it was possible for far Ir the horses to find grazing making the trip as quickly as possible without injuring the horses Are you satisfied with the test Mr Bruett was ask asked d. d Not entirely because I wanted them to fini finish h at Chicago he replied But Dut that is my only regret As a test of the endurance of the western range horse I am any sure the department o of agriculture will be more than satisfied with wilh the result as it demonstrates the animals are all that has been heen claimed As I said before no other animals in inthe inthe inthe the world could have made sue suca a trip under the conditions I believe that it wil change the opinions o of the agents agent of foreign governments go who have felt that our range horses were to light for purposes I intend to take some of the buyers of horses for export down to Gelena and let et them see the horses just as they are after their un unparalleled unparalleled unparalleled paralleled journey It is a fact not known as it should be that the western range horse has in his veins the blood of thoroughbreds and standard bred Clydesdales Clydesdale and other famous strains Stallions o of these classes have been sent ent to the ranches and the result resul results t is s an increase in the size and o othe ol of f the horse The range horses as the theare they y are called calleJ in distinction from s range in the weight from rom to pounds The trip just lust made however shows that the broncho i is equal in endurance en durance to the lar larger r e-r horse and is a at wonderful weight carrier canier er but this is is no not nol t as pretty as the range horse The de de- demand abroad for our western horses horse s is growing and I believe it will rapidly increase One of the important features p-oi p possess ess ed by the range horse Is hard hoofs hoof which will stand th the pf p paved str streets ets are rough c co country The range horse is more intelligent amb tous t- t ous tractable and enduring e grows grown by breeders and farmers in the the middle and eastern states state In 1693 1893 only goo horses were sold in Chicago for or export This number will exceed or 30 per cent of ob the total number disposed disposed dis dis- posed o of in this market The French army my has taken a great many We lVe believe the performance of the two which horses horses which just came from Wyoming will influence the French and German army agents and exporters fo for domestic purposes to try our western horses |