Show I i o I IA THE PASSING OFA OF OFA A FAITHFUL FRIEND According to the latest est bulletins of ot the department of ot agriculture city children visiting the remote country will be saying Oh mamma What's that And mamma will reply That my dear is a horse While it seems probable that the faithful Dobbin will be retained in fn rural districts for tor some years to come the equine quadruped already has been all but banished from city streets in favor f vor of ot his speedier rival riyal the auto auto- mobile According to statistics statistics compiled bythe bythe by bythe the bureau of crop estimates the decrease decrease de- de crease in the use of ot horses in fn Greater New York was 25 per cent in the past two years In 1917 according to the I New York board of ot health horses were in fn use The latest 1918 1919 I count shows that only horses horles arenow are arenow now being used J |