New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-26
A SHIPLOAD OF HORSES.

SHIPLOAD OF HORSES.
! Tile CITY OF LIMEPICK's VALUABLE FREIGHT-21l
PERcHERoN HORSES ON THEIR WAY FROM
| FRANCE TO ILLINOIS.
=, The steamship City of Limerick, of the Centaur
fk,ne' after prolonged voyage of eighteen DAYS
| from Havre. arrived in port yesterday. Her dcI9v
Wa Vas caused by adverse weather. She sailed from
Havre with a cargo of 215 Percheron French horses
| OF which four died on the voyage She also
brought few South Down sheep consigned to Mr.
Johnson Johnson OF Wayne. Illinois. The horses ware
conilned IN stalls, occupying all OF the main and
s TI decks and part of the hurricane deck
| RIVER, where the work of unloading the animals
ntgan. me horses were all hoised INTO the ship at
iavre ana had to be hoisted out at this end of the
leys and lowered in the hatchway, n horse was
backed IN and secured and at signal to the eng-
Eahgway led to the pier, hch being fifteen feet
T Tgow the steamers deck made very steep Incline
maps catching sight of one of their number on the
PIor would plunge down quickly. When colt
happened 10 be separated from its mother il wouId
pleasure. e""' "''" "h'n"S u
rila large crowd gathered 10 witness tho unloading
mere were some fine, proudooking black and gray
stations. which stepped around on the wharf with
O., Gnickness one would not expect in horses weigh
ing ton About fifty were uuloadcd Yesterday
AFTERNOON, some being put immediately i'm the cars
on ioat at the end Of the pier. while few were
sont to Siodddrt's bonded stable No 900 Greenwich
s.; Six horses We're consigned to Mr.. Stoddart
i'm me wort Of unloading will be resumed this morn
start the 30 equine Immigrants on tier two and "
Gait days journey, to Wayne, III Mr. HALEY. a
railroad Company who was on the n; &rnI Ira
evening said that this was the largest lot of i've
Special ne (re n ever Snipnsd ont Of NewYork
provided, each car holding six horses or twice ns
NJ. W. Durham, the importer of fine hors.. cold
tnat he mad had his agent, Mr.. Johnson buyin~ IN
france since March, and the lot was not onIv tho
tenth OF all the Norman horses eyer imnortel uW.
LnatteTcu thr vessel last May" SAID he, and sent
nGr to- LONDON to be fitted M before sending her to
iia Me me lot comprises over 100 grown stall
colts Of 20 ynr arrs OF AZ ageT and the stallion
onoceSt STOCK To he got III France. TWENTY-FIVE
or the stations were exhibited at the Animal Ev |
t m OF the seven Departments held Alcncon
last June; and they took all but one of the prizes
onere'i PAID from 81 300 to 81 500 for the prlze
ANIMALS and from $1,000 to 81 200 for the the
9tnrls. me lot call worth quarter of n million
dollars. When | get them homo will have nbomt |
fo or one hfth of all IN this country OF the breeJ
nave one farm of 600 out there and anntber
OF 1000 acres. l raise and sell for Rrcrdinp nnr
P POSES ana also work good many of them Tne !
erchcron horses are more spirited and Gner-sboueJ
than he North of France breeds ~ 'po"
The Pcrchcron district something like Ver
! hou ra' High plateau between the Seine aud the
horses From breeding for war luTposcs in f.nII
lines they came to breeding for farm work. and
0adS stlll heavier class of horses yas called for
hes1 horses weigh from 800 to ? 900 nounos and
'tahl sixteen 10 seventeen hands hiyh II has !
pecn nara work to get many together though ia
iench VIII sell anything ii YOU give them money |
, Inc These horses are broken when two years
'iu rev OF the horses are gcllcd. ana The 'st,I |
IONS are all worked and kept traotablr Thev
rive thcH hltchcd tandem, several in n limo Tho
rench practice of working this breed of horses ~
ne reason OF their strength and willing disuo,itIon
c0it OF this breed will prc>s forward ut once wLam
col lar is put him. IL is AK natural tnr liz ~
YORK as for u citing horse to trot or n runner to
un' III is transIniNslbc quality, and these horses
ave Inherited IL willingness to work for centuries
ack. lhcy are popular work horses everywLcrr
mere are men here no from Vermont Canada n ii |
ehhSYlNanla alter thcm. / sell them in nearly |
very state and Territory in the Union rccontiy
sur NIo,opo shipment to British Columbia the |
GOVERNOR or Manitoba has purchased several. and |
nave had orders from New-Iealand crosa
n,meIs f TINS breed and native stock gives line
aye been inbred long that they cot very gond
otis from very common marcsr 10y e'0"
nno steamship France, OF the National Line yes
'r"ay orought fourteen valuable EDpli.h hoysa.
,r r. r. Sherwin. aud ten for Mr. German n lis
W. several OK the horses are thoroughbreds. I