Show horse still popular despite the auto 0 I 1 I 1 R N than one hundred thousand motor tor cirt can were manufactured in tho the united states last year rind and the manufacturers estimate that tw telco fee the output at will be sold in 1910 ilas the price of horses been lowered will it be affected in the future men alen who deal in horses say that the borse industry in general not only has been unaffected by tho the development of 0 power vehicles but the price 0 of horses has increased more than fafty per cent within tho the last dinst five year to provo prove this assertion aBs the horse lover refers to the last report ot at the united states department of agriculture tho the report contains several complimentary statements about dobbin tho the government statistician has found that since 1890 horses have in crossed per cent in price and per cent in number two yearn ngo ago thero there were bordet in kansas and in missouri the average value a head was 87 in kansas and ass 99 in missouri ono one year later january 1 1909 the nui number riber of horses in kansas had increased to with an increase in value of two dollars a head in missouri on the same date tho the number of horsek dorsc i was and their value had increased three dollars a head the horse lover Is careful to explain that in arriving at the values given the statistician has had bad to estimate thousands of horses worth not more than each which brings brines down the average thu 0 verlest old wind broken skates have been sold on tho the market this year for 75 each remarked the horse lover and a good draft horse horsa will sell for any day yes replied the motorist after the report has haa been read to him the statistics undoubtedly give the horse the best of it but notice that the animal referred to Is the farm horse although the stearn plow and motor truck have made encroachments encroach ments upon the usefulness of the draft horse he still Is indispensable ills his city brothers have suffered buffered from competition by the motor car what about the price of carriage and saddle horses incy nags that pull express and delivery wagons only the horses used for pleasure driving have suffered in price from the use of motor cars pew motor car owners keep heep a stable in addition to a garage and the result has been a depreciation pre clation in the tha val value of harness horses A matched harness team that two years ago sold tor for or will at present bring not moro more than or COO the discarding of at carriage carriaga carr laga horses by motorists may bo be the reason that the price of horses purchased by the united states has remained stationary for the last year some of the horses replaced replace I by motor cars aro are bought by firms that require better stock than the ordinary wagon horse there are horses drawing hearses in kansas city today that a few years ngo ago were wera owned by wealthy men who were proud of their judgment of horseflesh hors cHesh when the motor fever attacked them the horses were sold at the first price offered thu tho wagon horse la Is no slouch every year his price has bas climbed until today it la ia impossible to buy a serviceable team for less than |