Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1915 — Brook Horses Bought For the European War. [ARTICLE]

Brook Horses Bought For the European War.

Brook Reporter. John Gardner was In Brook and vicinity last week and bought 35 horses, most of them for the eavalry and artillery, and ehipped them to Chicago on Saturday. Prices varied from SBS to $175. Those bought at the latter figure were too heavy for the artillery and will be sold to the eastern trade. It has been estimated that the average life of a horse in the wafr is ten days. The supply must come from this country and South America. A horse as soon as he becomes sick or disabled in the war zone is killed, so that the expense of his keep will stop, and the enemy must be kept from getting him,* as he has a food value in some Mr. Gardner had no trouble in purchasing all the animals that would pas& muster and they must be fit physically or they are rejected at once by the British officers In Chicago.