HORSES AGAIN IN FAVOUR.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 19 April 1910, Page 3

HORSES AGAIN IN FAVOUR.

EIDESS I\ HYDE PARK. After toeing partly ostracised for about five years, the horse is aga ;i coming into favour. Motor-cars are regarded as indispensable for long journeys and visi-:s to Theatres, and th e trade in them i* booming, but ior drives in the Park and afternoon calls many ladies no»v prefer to use a horse carriage. "Ladie s are getting tired of coi.cealiug their pretty dresses a':d faces," says Mr \ r ero isbaw, the editor of'the "Horse World.- : "When tliey travel in motor-cav: they put thei. heads in bags and w - ut motor-cloaks, and their appearance is far from pre-possessing. "They are now taking kindly ic horses again, and this year will s.:o a distinct revival in this direction. "Already there is an increase in the number of horsed vehicles to bp seen in Hyde Park, while many mci'i lady riders arc seen in th e Row th:>r. was the case last year. "When motor-cars were first introduced people regarded them as ar exclusive luxury, and sold thcii horses, .but nowadays anybody cr-i get the handsomest motor-car 101 £IOOO of £I2OO, so there is not tin: marked distinction in regard to thrrn which there was formerly. "A motor-car is indispensable wb'n one wants to travel fast, but for ,-,ppearance, for absence of vibration, and for cleanliness, the horse carriage is undoubtedly the superior vehicle. "Horses are now in great dema::: and prices have risen. A first-rave English carriage liorse costs fro>r. £l5O to £3OO, while a rair of hors-s. well matched in colour and of go id action, cannot be bought for less tb.n £SOO or £6OO. An exceptionally go:<.l pair will command the high figure ot £IOOO. "•Her Majesty the Queen, althonsn fond of motoring, uses her earria.y horses whenever convenient, a:,o among others who prefer horses Ji r " the Duchess of Newcastle, f'.e Duchess of Marlborough, and many other well-known ladies. "Ladies "can als 0 'be seen seated 'to buggies or Balaigh cars, driving thi-i* own horses, in the Park, and the n;cs' expert among them are better 'coachmen' than men, because their hair'.are lighter and they do not worry t'.-.e horse's mouth."