Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24
HORSES FOR EXPLOITATION.
Report That They Are Wanted 10
Strengthening Denied.

Strengthening Denied.
From the Omaha Bee.
During the past few weeks reports nave
been persistentiy circulated to the erect
that large numbers of horses were oelng
bought UP in the west and exported Ier
slaughtering purposes. These reports 1or
the most part appear to have originated at
the seaboard, where 1t was said shiploads
of horses were being consigned to European
countries. A good many horses IN the
course of q year are received ana iof-
warded at South Omaha. Careful inquiry
among the dealers at the stock yards, VINO
are familiar with the ms and outs OF the
trade failed to elicit any Information tend
ing to confirm the reports
There has been a very material increase
during the past two or three months In the
demand abroad for good, serviceabIe draft
horses. The horses raised in missouri ara
Iowa are specially desirable for this trade
They are from fourteen to sixteen hands
high, are heavily built and are admirably
suited for the saddle or for draft purposes.
A good many of these horses md thelr
way to Chicago, where they are picked up
in large lunches by the spectators the
freight charges from that city to New
York are on an average OF Slo per nead'
and the ocean freight to Hamburg S23 ad-
ditional A good many horses succumo to
the hardships of ocean travel, and the
losses are heavy. It will be seen from this
that the expense OF placing western horse
on the German market Is great and h1gh
prices must be realized to make up for 1t.
In New York city the report that horses
are being exported for slaughter has Great
ed a good deal of interest, but investigation
shows that there Is no truth In the State-
ment. The Journal of Commerce quotes
a representative of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
line of steamers follows: Our line car
ries from fifty to 200 horses on each pas
sage Of its freight steamers. I have FER
sonally attended these shipments and am
sure that none OF the horses we shipped
were for slaughtering purposes. In fact.
the horses which have been shipped during
the past three months were fine big draft
horses, Weighing perhaps on an everage
15OO pounds, and they brought anywhere
from 500 to 900 marks In Hamburg, ard
were used exclusively for agricultural pur-
poses. The horses are not going into The
army, as they have neither the speed nor
the action required AS whole. the horses
being exported are of good breed and are
worth considerable money. If they were
not nobody would be willing to pay 2o a
head in freight charges
Horses have been so low of late that
they were not worth rounding up on the
ranges. A representative of a western
cattle company said in South Omaha last
fall that he would be glad to give away
his horses to any one who would round
would not eat up the grass on the range
that was wanted for the cattle. The re-
port that horses were wanted abroad for
slaughtering has created hope that an
outlet might be found after all for the
range horses. Eastern exporters, however.
say that even If there was a foreign &C.
mand for horses for Strengthening purposes
the common western bronchos would not
sell, as they are not the kind that would
te considered fit for that purpose.