Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-01-08
Draft Horses.

The following il a svnopsls OF lengthy
article which appeared in the Chcsgo Tri.
oune, consisting of interviews ot its report
ers with the leading draft horss des srs OF
Americs, IL was beaded AS follows:
Breeding OF draft horres-On- q, the I'm.
sortant Industries OF the dsy-Experieucs OF
dealers who handle 40, 900 horses annually
Relative Merits of Percheron, Ciddespal- and
English horses-Opinions of oil leaaing deal
ers In New York and Cbicags-They arc un.
animous in prefering the French. Breeds
over all Others, ss they are more enduring,
best disposiiioned, stand the pevements best
and bring higher prices"
The Tribune Reporters were instructed to
procure opinions az 10 the relative tneiLs of
the different breeds of draft horses being rails
ed Ia this country and sold in their markets.
Ih- experiences OF dealers who sell pern"ps
4D,0G0 horses annually directly 10 those who
hnv them To wenr out was thus Obtained
This in formation ia OF immeuse value to those
engaged in breeding horses.
Mr.. !, III Dahlman. of New York Citv,
said: "l handle between 1000 and 10000
horses Annually, OF tbs draft horses haRdle
the greater proportion-nearly ail-are Nor
man. Prrcherons. These horses are docile, TO-
telligent, esislv broken, sreaJy in harness,
powerfully and compactly built, They are
short 10 the back, deep in the body and broad
in the chest. They have the best feet OF any
dorcs in America, / do not want il under.
stood that ell Norman horses have these good
laaiities | have ,sen some imported inst
were rs badly shaped horses ss could br found
Long in the back, narrow wasted are not
worth their freight from France here. That
cisss Of horses is only imported by people
who buy them TO sell and Dnt to breed" In
regard 90 the Clydesdale horses MIR. DAhlman
said: IL will give you no criticism. buy
very fsw of them, ] prefer to pass their
stable aud gay nothing abou, them. From
Whist have ssid The Tribune resiers, l think
will understand what breed OF horses ] would
recon mend them 30 raise"
&. & Fl. HaynNu, East 2ith Street, New
York city sad: We handle about 2,OC0
hofses wear, principally draft horses of sll
kinds-Fr,nch, Cly ydesdale, English and Bel.
gian. We hsndle more of the French than
OF any others, beo,use the people like them
better and will give them shigher prices tor
them than for any othnr breed. They have
more endurance and are the best disposition.
ed horses We have. The mature sooner ami
are ready for the market younger than the
other breeds. The Clydesdaics are not So
we'll shaped nor are their feet so good. We
sdvise the farmers Of the west ~ b'red to the
finest and best bred Perchersus to be found"
The above opinions were the expressions
Of all the other dealers interviewed, with one
or two exceptions. The Ohject of all farmers
who breed horses for use or ior market, is to
obtain animals that will mature the earliest
and bring the most money. In order to &C.
complish this purpose with the greatest degree
of certainty the use of the finest aad BEST bred
Percheron Stallio,s is recommended and ad-
vised by nearly all the dealers. The finest
specimens are recorded with their pedlgrees
in full in tho Percheron Stud Book of France.