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THE HORSE IN SERVICE 



fast runs. Popular favor is self-limiting, and the stronger the 

 v/ave of general popularity the harder the brakes will set. The 

 pacemaiers of fashion are the ultra-exclusive set; as soon as a 

 fad which they have started gains sufficient momentum to reach 

 the butcher, the baker, and so on, it is considered common and is 

 dropped by the very ones who first became sjwnsors for it, and 

 their example is in^'ar^ably followed (Fig. 172). The remark- 

 able increase in the number of cars used each season, together 

 with tlie great variety of individuals enlisting in the ranks of 



Fig. 173. — Park horse to victoria, correctly appointed. An equipage with an individuahiy 

 which can never become common. 



the motorist,'^, suggest that Ave are rapidly approaching the crest 

 of the wave. 



The horse markets, shows, park drives, and bridle paths offer 

 substantial evidence that the horse is being gradually reinstated, 

 not in his former capacity perhaps, because the automobile has 

 modified uses and customs, but in greater favor than ever, so 

 far as some types are concerned. If the activities of the motor 

 road monopolists were properly regulated, both as to the con- 

 struction and use of roads, a preference for the horse would be 

 shown by many drivers who have been forced off the road by fear 

 of fallen horses and collisions. 



