The automobile has injured, to some extent, the sale 

 and thereby the breeding of harness horses, whether it be 

 the light leather trotting bred horse or the heavy leather 

 hackney. But notwithstanding the more general use of 

 automobiles, the carriage horse is slowly but surely making 

 his way back among the wealthy people of New York, 

 Washington, etc. It was they who bought the first 

 machines, the largest and most expensive and ran them 

 to their limit. They found, after all, that there was not 

 much visible difference between their machines and those 

 of their poorer neighbors, at any rate to the average 

 passer-by. So now they incline to use their automobiles 

 instead of trains and go back to horses for amusement. 



Human brings are after all not unlike sheep. One 

 sheep in the flock sees a gap in the fence and goes 

 through it; the rest of the flock follow suit without 

 stopping to reason why. So it seems extremely probable 

 that the lead given at this time by the few will be fol- 

 lowed ere long by the many and that the harness horse, 

 while he may never entirely regain the position he for- 

 merly occupied, will become very much more the vogue 

 than during the last few years. 



The demand for horses to be used under the saddle 

 for such purposes as road and park riding, hunting, polo 

 and overseeing farm operations, stock driving, etc., as well 

 as for ponies for children of all ages and sizes, has increased 

 enormously both in town and country. The bridle paths of 

 practically all the large cities are so overcrowded that the 

 facilities for riding will have to be increased largely in 

 the near future. Durland's, which is not only the largest 

 and best equipped riding academy in America but in 

 the world, has its accommodations for privately owned 

 riding horses full to overflowing, and the same applies 

 in a more or less degree to all the smaller establishments 

 of a like nature. 



Chas. A. Dunbar, 

 Director 



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