The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-13
HEAVY HORSES IN DEMAND
The Available Supply in British
Markets Depleted by War.

ExpresSerS Needed. and Fancy
Prices Paid for Them Here and
Abroad-EIintS to Breeders as to
the Exact Kind of stock Required.
Attention is directed by most of the
British agricultural and stock papers to
the fact that the Unsuitable demands of
the War Office in London for TRANSPORT
and artillery horses have so depleted the
available supply Of yanners in all the
great centres OF population in Britain and
the British breeding districts that that
class of horses bids fair to he high in
price in the spring. This. says a trade pa
per. will undoubtedly lead TO large eXpor-
tations from America for several seasons
to come, and the Agricultural Department
is giving the subject some attention.
The vanner is what is called an express
CT in this country and perhaps lost less
in value. relatively speaking. during the
slump that followed the panic of 1893 than
any other kind of market horse. The
vanner, or expresser, is for the most part
the progeny of the draft stallion and the
clean-legged mare. Certain active draft
stations have become famous in their re
spective districts for the number and
quality of expressers sired by them. Such
stations have always been deservedIy
popular and probably always will be The
eXpresser is heavy-boned, active
smoothly turned horse weighing around
l5oo pounds. able to trot off squarely and
sharply with fairly large load behind
him. and in Britain must do his work
quickly and get back again. The hours
these horses must work are not long
They could not stand the strain if they
at
expected to get over the ground and get
home again, IN order that the driver may
proceed on his devious way again behind
a fresh horse.
In the United States the expresser sell
dom works in the shafts. Usually pairs
do the heavy work of parcel delivery, and
the work is done for the most part on the
trot. Anyone who has taken the trouble
to note the heavy express wagons and the
large loads piled on them going rapidly
along the street to catch the express
trains going to the four points of the
compass must understand that the carry
Ing companies are willing TO pay good
prices II they can only get the horses TO
do the work and stand up 10 it All this
shows then that these companies in all
countries will pay well for the horses that
suit them.
heaFy, draft-bred mares in the breeding
districts. Once in a while there is a man
VINO has the foresight and financial ability
10 maintain good mares Of this sort, but
such men are few. The next crop of foaIs
VIII, therefore, include only a small rer-
centage OF really high-cIass drafters.
mere are, however, not a few mares in
the country that viii, If property mated
produce eXpressers that in time viii bring
paying prices. 1t viii be necessary for
MN 10 first TX Wei in his mind what he
wants to produce and then 90 after H.
No amount Of precept viii teach men alb
soluteiy how TO breed this. that. or the
other sort of horse The breeder must
seek his model for himself
a visit to the great auctions IN any one
OF almost half a dozen easily reached
points viii pay immense interest to the
breeder who makes it At these auctions
one can see daily sold vast numbers Of
horses He can sac the expressers that
bring up 10 S335 a pair and then he can
decide for himself how they are to be bred.
There is no doubt that such farmers as
cannot. for lack Of necessary materials.
breed draf;ers may readily and without
much outlay make money breeding, ex
pressers- The Breeders Gazette saws
there Is always a good demand for them