Show HiSTAKE c. c I IA MISTAKE OR TWO v V Mr Karl 0 O. Bertlin Bertling writes of The Militar Military l System of German Germany In the main it is a fine arti- arti V t 4 cle tie but not all its conclusions are sound He thinks x German railroads have f fewer w l' l accidents accidents because the theS the S l c employees have had the discipline of a military train train- J F Jing ing ng and are arether therefore ore more exact and and careful careful V v We e hardly think that reasoning is IS sound The Thet t 1 i i i it Nong longest st railroad in Germany is not very long com com- j pared ared with either of a great many American lines l f iJ 9 v They have no no sharp curves and no heavy grades 4 Then the roadbeds are solid and the trains are lighter light- light tt er er than on American roads Finally labor is cheap r i Y j an there are many more employees proportionately than in the United St States tes We suspect too that there are quite as many accidents in Germany as on our first-class first valley roads In truth we believe the thet t i r record cord is in iii favor of our side f. f tf i In another paragraph he speaks of the advantage i 1 j- j v F. F to the State of th the horse-breeding horse stations which at ii bJ first Erst was an army measure to try to equal the Hunt Hungarian Hun- Hun f t garian cavalry horse and says There is no horse horM j more wanted than that produced through the crossn crossing crossing cross- cross n ing of Arabian and English blood blood an an achievement j rc ti IJ of military foresight t We are afraid the gentleman while a fine writer i is is not good horses j i authority on The English common com com- mon men horses are z no o better than the German common i J horses The English blood h horse is a direct descend descend- t l t ta ant ant of t of the Arabian horse every drop of blood in n him is supposed to be desert blood t. t r TIle The coach horses have been a distinct x t breed for a 3 century b but t they are not good army r h horses s They are are- too big for cavalry and a are e not of oft f 1 t the r right t make make up up p for or artillery artillery or team e horses f The The- T 4 I i ii 7 q f t j A t. t JI J I i 1 I. I r FJ Y l J. J 1 splendid cavalry hp horses es of Hungary are due clue to tw two vo a causes They have been bred for the purpose for a century A A strong native crossed with an Arabian Arabia at first gave the desired size and bone then s 's subsequent subsequent b e. e quent cr crossings with thoroughbreds have result resulted d dan in inan inan an animal almost as pure as the Arabians but o of f larger size and more strength and better feeders feeders when under the stress of long journeys Then Hungary Hungary Hungary Hun Hun- gary seems to be like our own State of Kentucky a natural horse country where climate and nd native feed seem to be exactly fitted for horse Three breeds of animals are are needed for fOI an army Half-cold Half blood and thoroughbred half for cavalry to weigh about 1000 pounds half heavy and and half smaller horses like and Hambleton an for artillery and coarse heavy horses or better mules for teaming Our Government has one o or two experimental raising horse st stations but from what has been published published pub pub- of the theory that prevails we do not believe the resu results ts will be very striking There is many a statesman who would make a sorry superintendent t of a horse farm i |