THE MOTOR AS A FACTOR 319 



" The average price of the different classes of horses on the 

 Chicago market in 1912 was as follows : 



Draft horses $210 Bussers and trammers. . .$175 



Carriage pairs 473 Saddlers 195 



Drivers 177 Southern chunks 97 



General purposes 160 



" In all but two classes, viz., carriage pairs and drivers, these 

 averages are the highest on record ; even carriage horses and 

 drivers sold high." 



Under-production may be assigned by some as the cause of 

 normal prices being so well sustained, and it may be so in the 

 case of harness horses ; but if the business of the stallion im- 

 porters, the number of entries at the sho^ws, and the general 

 awakening of interest in draft horee aifairs are any criterion, 

 there is more draft horse breeding at this time than ever before. 



REVIEW 



1. "What other factors have in the past threatened to supplant the horse 



as in the present case of the motor? 



2. What are the unclispnted advantages of the motor car in commercial 



service ? 



3. What advantages must he conceded to the horae in commercial 



service ? 



4. Why may the present vogue of the automobile be expected to abate? 



5. What classes of horses have felt most keenly the competition with 



the motor car? 



6. What classes owe their increased demand in part, at least, to the 



motor car? 



7. How has the adoption of the motor vehicle improved the welfare of 



some horses? 



8. Will the motor vehicle supplant or supplement the horse in service? 



9. What will be its probable effect on the horse breeding industry? 

 10. To what extent has the common use of the motor affected the horse 



market ? 



