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Show wild horses are slain hides Winnemucca Rancher Kills 900 Animals and Sells Pelts for $4 Each. Mi i:i : I ' 'I if Ti italic. ' WINNL'IMLXVA. Ncv. Uec. Liarlv P.-nybLg, who ov.::S y l,o:-se r:-i:ich iu F'k-u;a!!i a,l.-.;. . has just sohi here the liiSt con-siunmei.t of L"."J iiur.-e pelts. He snot that many of h-s wild horses on tne ! range tor their hides, which, he suld for an average price of $4 eavh. The lot of horses thus disposed of v.as the romriitnt of one of the largest herds thitt was ever bred in Nevada. They were the cut-barks of many saics. and tuhing prices of the past two cars left no market for such culls. Mr. Riiiglii,' securc-d an official permit to go hunting for horses on the public range, and gave a bond to respect the property rights of other stockmen who owned rangu horses in the l-Meat-ant valley distn:t.' This extinction of the largest wild herd iu the stale removes one of the wonders of the west in the course of natural event-. The wild horse Is the most picturesque pic-turesque of wild beasts. His mildness as he e.ul ts iu t he pride of his freedom Is a picture more i mprssi ve tha n the u ildness of any other animal. J I e is wilder than the deer or the antelope many times over. Nbtui'C li:-i8 lost its grandest picture, when man can no longer iwhold n wild ho'-se on the vast motmtaln ranges of the -west. |