. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. REX Mc, J. GETHIN UP —A POPULAR CALIFORNIA SADDLER. You may trace the history of man to its source and you will find associated with him his faithful companion and helper, the horse. I prophesy that notwithstanding the motor machine, the future his- tory of man will continue to record his great accom- plishments frequently in association with this noble animal. "The Why of the Gaited Saddle ; In the early settlement of the Middle West, owing to the condition of the roads and the scarcity of wheeled vehicles practically all travel in the rural di
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. REX Mc, J. GETHIN UP —A POPULAR CALIFORNIA SADDLER. You may trace the history of man to its source and you will find associated with him his faithful companion and helper, the horse. I prophesy that notwithstanding the motor machine, the future his- tory of man will continue to record his great accom- plishments frequently in association with this noble animal. "The Why of the Gaited Saddle ; In the early settlement of the Middle West, owing to the condition of the roads and the scarcity of wheeled vehicles practically all travel in the rural districts was by means of horseback. All classes— men, women and children—used this means of travel, and consequently became more or less expert horse- men. That class of horse which carried his rider with ease and speed was sought, resulting in the breeding of animals with these characteristics. The desire to be distinguished and to excel led to the breeding of high-style horses with easy, attrac- tive gaits, ultimatmg in the beautiful five-gaited horses we now see in the parks and show rings. There is no other horse today equal in beauty of form, style and motion to the five-gaited saddle horse. While other classes of horses with perhaps the ex- ception of the excessively heavy horse, is giving way in some measure to the machine, the high-styled saddle horse is growing in favor, and it will ever be thus. It is said of Lord Kitchener that no man hath a greater regard and love for his horse than he, and When his equestrian statue was being erected, he told the sculptor that it was not necessary for him to worry so much about the likeness of himself, but to be quite sure that he did full justice to Democrat. in favorite charger. At the Royal United Service Institute are to be seen the remains of Napoleon's famous white stallion, the highest or best of the type. On the Pacific Coast the interest in the last six years has doubled— trebled—quadrupled. At the California Stat
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