Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1895 — Elks in Harness. [ARTICLE]

Elks in Harness.

Elks broken to harness may soon cease to be a novelty In the Northwest, and perhaps even In the East. Several years ago a wealthy rancher In Montana had a team of the creatures which he used to drive to bis buggy, and when the fact became known other folk experimented in taming elks for a like purpose. Such a team was brought East last year and caused much interest A rancher on the river, Washington, is the last to experiment with elks for work purposea He has a fine team recently broken to harness, which, he says, will haul as heavy a load as auy pair of horses, are as docile, and much handsomer. It may be that the elk will hold back for a while the electrical and mechanical tide that is sweeping the horse from the highways, and preserve the pleasures of the road that come from riding behind a thing of life, while adding a picturesque element