Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1915 — A Well Deserved Vacation for “Rob". [ARTICLE]

A Well Deserved Vacation for “Rob".

“Rob.” of.Brahser Falls, N. Y., is enjoying a well-won and long deferred vacation. “Rob” is a family horse, and an unbroken record of 79,680 miles entitles him to his rest. Dr. A. W. Baker, a veterinary surgeon of Bra Sher Falls, is "Rob’s” owner, and in May, 1912, he decided that “Rob” was beginning to slow up a little bit—while not remarkable—was a rather serious problem to solve in the doctors practice. To supplement “Rob’s” service Dr. Baker bought a Ford oar, in which he has now covered 19.158 miles, and the car shows little sign of depreciation. Without any reflection upon “Rob’s” efficiency, Dr. Baker’s practice has grown to sueh dimensions with the addition of Ford equipment, that it is now necessary’ in the winter months —when horses are necessary on the country roads —to use four horses and the service of the railroad. In the spring Dr. Baker expects to add a Ford road.ster to his motor car equipment because, as he expresses it, "The much lower up-keep and the largely Increased revenue have combined to pay for the touring ear every season.”