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I IMale Moie Male and more horses are seen seenda seenda seenda da ly in m m dtown New York Many Manyfirms Manyfirms Manyfirms firms particularly small ones that thatused thatused thatused used light trucks in m the past have havereturned havereturned havereturned returned to the steel tired bred horse horsedra horsedra horsedra dra dra11 \ vn \11 11 ion ' delivery dehvery wagon 'Maybe Maybe ' that thatwill thatwill thatwill will ha\ ha has hae \ e a some effect on future gen genent generat genent ent erat ons of Americans Amencans I say that thatbecause thatbecause thatbecause because a lot Jot of lads in m our town townII townwho townwho who afterward after\'lard after 'lard lard \ ' became doctors Jaw law Jawyers lawyers lawyers II IIwho yers merchants or traveling sales salesmen salesmen salesmen men started their careers by dnv driv dnvI dnvmg driving dnving I mg ing a de del ] very wagon usually usuaIIy for a aI alocal alocal alocal local grocer or by acting actmg as an as asslstant assistant assistant I slstant sistant . . My brother Ned made his - start by driving dnvmg a railway express expresswagon expresswagon wagon \ agon Sorry to confess that though thoughI I made numerous app appi ] cat ons I Ine Inew Ine\ Ine Ineer ne\ ne new neer \ \ er was ] lucky ueky enough to get a de dehvery delivery delivery hvery livery wagon job Poss Pass biy bly it if I had hadI hadI I would have amounted to some somethmg something something somethingBut someI I thmg thing . . . thingBut Buth But \ wh \\h h \ Ie le horses are abundant In InNew inNew inNew New York the reverse seems to tobe tobe tobe be true in m the country SpeclficaII Specificall SpecificallyI ) I refer reter to that p ece of country be bet bet bet t . veen .een een New York and West Po nt ntJust ntJust ntJust Just after gas rationing ratlonmg went mto into mtoeffect intoeffect intoeffect effect our friend fnend James M 51 Car Carroll Carroll Carroll roll drove us up to the Point Pomt to see seethe seethe seethe the Army defeat Notre Dame in m a atrack atrack atrack track meet Took Tooh . careful note Lut but Lutnot butnot butnot not in m the ent re d stance did I see seea seea seea a horse drawn s \ , chicle ehicle We d d pass passa a number of hoises hOlses horses but they were werethe werethe werethe the rid nd ng k nd and were be ng rig used usedfor usedfor usedfor for pleasure and not for bus ness nessHorses nessHorses nessHorses Horses play an important part m in mlife inlife inlife life at the United Umted States M Iii 1 I tary taryacademy taryacademy taryacademy academy but they a al ] vas vays } have so sothose sothose sothose those we saw there d d not count . . . 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