336 LIFE WITH THE TROTTEllS. 



cars there are veiy few accidents considering the number of 

 horses being shipioed about. Never ship a horse in an ordi- 

 nary freight or cattle car, for several reasons. First, if you 

 meet with an accident, the cars will break up like so many 

 dry-goods boxes. There is no way of ventilating them, and 

 to put half a dozen horses in an ordinary freight car on a 

 hot day will do them more harm than you can undo in a 

 month. Some of the wealthier owners have private cars 

 built expressly to ship their stables in. This is the most 

 convenient and comfortable way. The Arms Palace Car 

 Company of Chicago have met a long felt want with horse 

 shippers by constructing a line of cars on scientific princi- 

 ples expressly for that trade. Their new cars built solely 

 for trotting and race horses are a marvel of comfort and 

 strength. A trainer can hire from them a car by the month 

 at a very moderate price, and it is large enough to transport 

 his horses, wagons, sulkies, men and baggage and whatever 

 feed it is necessary for him to have. The ventilation is per- 

 fect and there is capacity for carrying plenty of water for 

 the horses, which I think is a very essential thing, as in 

 going from one i)art of the country to another, and using 

 different kinds of water is almost certain to have a bad 

 effect on the animals. Especially is this the case if they 

 have any chronic disease of the kidneys. 



Always ship your horses by passenger train. The dif- 

 ference in expense does not amount to anything in compar- 

 ison with the wear and tear there is on your horse in being 

 jolted over the country in a freight train. In getting ready 

 to move take everything you actually need, and no more. 

 I think it a grand thing to take oats and hay enough to last 

 out the campaign. When you go to a strange town you 

 may have trouble in finding the best hay and oats, and if 

 you have to feed your horses something that is poor it will 

 be sure to have a bad effect on them. It is an easy matter 

 to have your hay put up in small bales so that it can be 

 handled without any trouble and a few of these will last 

 an ordinary stable of trotters some time. "When it comes 



