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Show I Horse Is Coming Backj I Ggden Man Tells Why I J New Breed Developing: I" Though relocated to the background , In favor of the auto track, and has leisurely looked over the pasture fence GO watch an irate operator struggle with a punctured tire on the machine that put him out of actle operation. Old Dobbin ta due for rt eome-Kv V:. .nd trill ugaln regain former glor;. , vceording to H VV. Dunn ot ihe Offdei) Horse Sales and Commission COThpeny, Mr. Dunn stated yesterday thai in-dut'Vies in-dut'Vies both large and small, ore returning re-turning to the horse as a tin uns f transportation. Ho claims that the horae costs approximately one-QUar-tei as much, notwithstanding the high , cost of hay, as does a motor iruoK. TRl t'K ON WK. Mr Dunn believes the motor true has had Its day and that lis popularity ha started to wujie. high Kr.sollne costs huge repair bills, and sundry necessary expenditures which Increase the outlay of cash ncce.sar for operations, op-erations, having been responsible for he change of mind of hundreds of Industrial concerns. That the American Expixs MA-paiiy MA-paiiy has demonstrated the e onomj of using horses for delivery work is conclusively proven, Mr. D.u.n states, iy the fact that horses bought byj this company last year exceed purchases pur-chases of any other year by several thousand head. As a furthi ir example .if how Old Dobbin successfully COtn-pelea COtn-pelea with trucks In th mllK business; busi-ness; Mr. Dunn said ('The driver Of the jitney milk svag.n starts on his, route. Incessant starts and stops inr his tuachle to pieces within D ft I , months. Ills car makes it initial trip to the garage and from that time on I becomes a regular customer. Mechanics Mechan-ics more or les xpert opcnite on the machine doing it more or less good, but. at any rate, the life of the 'machine does not rival Methusolum nor his record of longevity. FINE EX IMP1 I "Eut the horse. Now there's a fine I example of a dumb brute's service to man. The milkman hollers whoa and Jumps from the wagort. By the time the vehicle ha stopped the milkman lis 16 feet towards the back porch. I Coming back, the milkman, when fifteen fif-teen feel from the milk wagon shout: I "O'long. Dobbin." and Dobbin g'langs. I I A flying leap imrt the mllkunan has attained his seat in the milk wagon .Another stop -md a repetition of o,ulck service. Absolutely no necessity to stop and crank the milk wagon, nor slop to buy gasoline or oil. nor to i get out and fix the carburetor while he milk sour e-tc." NEW BR i D i hmim. Mr. Dunn predicts the development of a breed of horses adapted to heavy draft work Belgium, after enrs of endeavor, developed a type of horse I that was much sought for by persons I who needed animals of a heavy draft type. Many of the horses In America at present aren't worth 8 dollar 8 ph-ee," Mr Dunn stated. "Xi one rides or drives for pleasure, any more We have grown too speedy for this once popular sport, but horses continue to haul heavy loads at a minimum expense) ex-pense) whether H be one mile or fifty." |