Show THE RANGE HOUSE HORSE now we are told that range horses have been allowed to run wild in arizona till the live stock board of the territory has been asked to deal with the question if the story told is true the hunter may have in our southern neighbor as much sport in hunting and shooting wild cayuse ponies as he has in hunting bear on the other hand there will be half a notion among many people that the arizona kicker has been perpetrating one of his jokes on an unsophisticated press reporter but while the talk of exterminating alleged wild horses is going on there are other suggestions of a much more reasonable and practical nature being presented by the unit ed States secretary of agriculture James wilson who visited utah a short time since and who believes the american range horse can be made to fill the market in europe tor for artillery horses in connection with this there is special interest to the test just completed and of which dr wm A bruett special comm commissioner missioner Iss ioner of the department of agricultural bureau of animal in industry dustily remarks that no horses in the world excel the range horses of our western states for military purposes and I 1 think the trip just finished by my cowboy friends here proves my assertion this test is a demonstration of the ability of bronchus bron chos and range horses to cover a distance of 2400 miles in 90 days subsisting on grass and water along the route without grain graan and without being shod the ride was made from sheridan wyoming to galena illinois dr bruett says that when the animals entered on the last one hundred miles of the journey they were in as good condition in every way as when they started from wyoming but from dubuque to waterloo iowa the road along abong themis sis sippi river wa was either over jagged rocks or through deep mud and ats this bruised the heels and frogs broga of t the a horses feet so that he ordered the on an emals to be ridden no farther but he regards their accomplishment as remarkable and if the horses had been shod when entering on the more difficult roads they would not have been injured in the least the ride was made by two cowboys william and albert gabriel and began on june 5 the animals never had been saddled or bridled before it to is urged that such an accomplishment will change the opinions of agents of foreign governments as aa to the incapacity of the american range rane horse for military purposes the only thing left is to increase the size of f the horse a little to make him acceptable as an artillery animal the advantage of the range horse in being more ambitious independent and enduring than the farm raised horse is greatly in his favor there is little doubt that if the americans set about to furnish horses suitable for military purposes it will be only the question of a short time before european armies rely largely upon the american horse for transport of that character there is as good a chance for a worlds supply house here in horses as in wheat gold or beef if only the business be taken up |