Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1885-02-20
NUMBER 81.
Draft Horses.

| Ihe following Is synopsis of q
lengthy article which appeared in the
Chicago Tribune, consisting of in
teryiews of its reporters with the
leading horse dealers of America.
1t was headed as follows:
Breeding of draft horses-one
of the important industries of the
day-Experience of dealers who
handle 40, 900 horses annuaIly-Rel-
ative merits of Percheron, Clydes-
dale and English horses-opinions
of all leading dealers in New York
and Chicago-Tbey are unanimous
in preferrlng the French breeds over
all others, as they are more endur-
ing, best dispositioned. stand the
pavements best and bring higher
prices. /"
The Tribune reporters were in
structed to procure the opinions as
to the relative merits of the differ
ent breeds of draft horses being rails
ed in this country and sold in their
markets. The experience of deal
ers who sell perhaps 100000 horses
annually directly to those who buy
them to wear out was thus obtained.
This information is of immense value
to those engaged in breeding horses.
Mr.. /. L. Dahlman of New York.
city said: 81 handle between 9 200
and 10. 900 horses annually. OF the
draft horses 1 handle, the
grearter portion-nearly all--are
-Percherons. These horses
are docile, intelligent, easily broken,
stand IN harness, powerfully and
compactIy built. They are short
in the back, deep in the body and
broad in the chest. They have the
best feet of any horser in America.
l do not want it understood that all
Norman horses have these good quail
tiles. 1 have seen some imported
that were as badly shaped horses as
could be found. Long in the back,
narrow WASTED and not worth their
freight from France here. That
class of horses is imported by people
only who buy them to sell and not to
breed" In regard to the Clydes-
dale horses Mr.. Dahlman said: ST
Will give you no criticism. 1 buy
very few of them. prefer to pass
their stable and say nothing about
them. From what have said the
Tribune readers, j think, will under
stand what breed of horses / would
recommend them to raise.
G. & 81. Hayman, East 24th ST.,
New York city said: We handle
about 1000 horses a year, principal
ly draft horses of all kinds-French,
English and Belgian.
We handle more of the French than
of any the others, because the peo-
like them better, and will give high
er prices for them than for any other
breed. They have more endurance
and are the best dispositioned horses
we have. They mature sooner and
are ready for the market younger
than the other breeds. The Clydes-
dales are not so well shaped nor are
their feet so good. We advive the
farmers of the west to breed to the
finest and best bred Percherons to be
found"
The above opinions were the ex-
pressions of all the other interviewed
with one or two exceptions. The
object of all farmers who breed
horses for use or for the market, is
to obtain an animal that will mature
earliest and bring the most money.
In order TO acehmplish this purpose
with the greatest degree of certainty.
the use of the finest and best bred
Percheron stations is recommended
and advised by all the dealers. The
finest specimens are recorded with
their pedigrees in full in the Perche-
ron stud book of France.