184 Our Noblest Friend, The Horse 



accrues from this elimination of the large and 

 adherence to the small horse, for all people living 

 out of town. 



Tradesmen of all descriptions will find the little 

 horse or large pony much more useful in their busi- 

 nesses, and that he will handle weight as speedily 

 and promptly as the big brutes, endure many more 

 years, and cost not half as much either to purchase 

 or to maintain. In him will the automobile find 

 its most determined foe, and as he ably succeeds 

 his more massive and taller relative, so will he 

 long continue to render appropriate the following 

 logical and exultant verses: 



UNCLE HExNRY ON PASSING OF THE HORSE 

 (S. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald:) 



Every little while they tell us that the horse has got to go; 

 First the trolley was invented, 'cause the horses went so slow, 

 And they told us that we'd better not keep raisin' colts no 



more; 

 When the street-cars got to moting that the horses pulled 



before, 



