174 C)ur Noblest Friend, The Horse 



are winning their way by sheer force of merit in all 

 parts of the world, and it is regrettable that we do 

 not more generally adhere to native styles and 

 constructions at home, instead of aping foreign fash- 

 ions, many of which do not flourish or acclimatise 

 successfully. 



For comfort, elegance, and lightness of draft and 

 durability, no better vehicles are made than our bug- 

 gies, runabouts, rockaways, etc. ; our harnesses are 

 perfect in proportion, light and strong; our horses, 

 unmutilated as to tails and manes, are suitable to 

 their accoutrements, and through their abilities in 

 the way of speed and endurance, can propel our 

 carriages farther and faster than any horses now in 

 service. The American roadster and road-wagon are 

 typical of a people strong in individuality, and are 

 a development so peculiarly our own that we should 

 not forget, nor allow the world to overlook it. 



As an epitome of nervous energy, speed, en- 

 durance and hustle — the personification of " git 

 thar " — they as thoroughly embody the charac- 

 teristics which have made America and Americans 



