The times., 1901-05-12

IuS competed. ftNfluE the few DAYS elapS-
ing between their transatlantic journey
| and re-embarklng dor the trip across the
! channel Prices vary. $3.50 TO $3.50 being
received Tor suitable horses in France,
while In Germany the price depends on
the, goyernment To-, which the horse is
sold, $2lG beingspaia in Prussia, and $3.50
in Bavaria.
Denmark rerdounfI her cavalry with
horses principally drawn from Germany
and England, but uses native horses en-
tirely for artillery and baggage trains,
but her purchases are tTifing in number.
In Belgium few dealers furnish the
| small number of horses required and
those for the cavalry are usually recruited
| from Ireland, aud as the business as
about $50 net profit being made on each
/ horse-there is not likely to be much de-
mand from them from American stock
The artillery horses are supplied from
/ among the homegrown stock.
Some American horses are in the Eng
lish artillery service but none in the cav
airy. 1t Iequires about 2,Vlg horses annual @ = :
/ ~ to remOunt the English cavalry, ana
from to per cent these are Canadian.
/ The principal fault found by the inspec-
/ tor of remounts of England with American
/ horses is with their shape. They are too
/ long in the body tail too low down on
| the body. the hips wider than the but
! tocks, the back curving i'm and the leg de-
/ hcient in bone. The English War once
! would be glad to buy short, low horses,
/ thick set with strong TANKS, good high-
( set tail, muscular buttocks and thighs,
/
/ especially if they possessed rather more
stamina than is accredited TO the average
American horse shipped TO the English
market.
HORSES FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES
| About $1,000 horses are exported yearly
| from the United States to Belgium,
France, Germany, Holland, and Great
Britain, all told OF these two-thirds go
to Great Britain. 1t is evident from this
! that the business is pretty well estab-
! lished in the latter country.
About 10000 horses are in daily use in
London, their average term of usefulness
depending upon the nature of their en-
| ployment. being from three to seven
| years; thus on an average of five years
! service, 10000 new horses annually are
| required for the London business serv-
! ice. When ii is recalled that only about
| 100000 horses pass through Chicago, Amer
| ica's largest horse market, each year, this
| London demand is seen in its proportion
ate Importance OF the 10000 horses used
| in London, and the stitl larger number
used in the rest of the island. Canada and
the United States furnish between 10000
and 40,0QU
In London the tramways, bus com
panies, Jobmasters. and owners of light
delivery wagons are large buyers OF
American horses. Horses for their use
must be from l544 10 16 hands high weigh
from loo to $50 pounds, be compactly
built, with plenty of bone and muscle, and
good action, and average from five TO
seven years of age. They should measure
from 76 to IS inches in girth and from
Sl5 to 912 around the leg just below the
knee. Such horses will sell from
Sit9 S,a9 TO ISo, and sometimes as high as
500. Large bus horses for suburban work
bring from $lS5 to S225, and exceptional
native horses sell as high as $400 Light
delivery wagon horses bring S125 to $780,
respectively Carriage horses, 80 inches
at eirth and 9@ inches around the leg
just below the knee, with good knee ac-
tion and well-bTeti, will, if matched, bring
from $3.50 to 81 800 h pair Heavy draft
horses are in Brisk demand and Clydes-
dale and Shire horsts are most desired.
Solid, stockY, hj5-hand, 1759-pound
horses, free from biemish, five to seven
years Old 10 TO lSAa inches around the
leg below thetlHee, and IS to 100 inches
girth, sell from sn0 TO S275 Mistlts,
scrubs. and badly broken horses viii not
do, but young gold, sound, weII-broken
horse, with plentynof bone and muscle,
compactly built, of8lmost any recognized
class or type, viii sell we'll in the London
market
The effect of, the, American trade has
been to cheapFn horses in England, and
morse breeding among farmers on the
island is nearly paralyzed. With horses
q drug upon t9e local markets, it is be-
lieyed to be good policy 10 sell American
stock in Europe, faven at exceptionally
low prices. lsut, the price at home is
looking UP. 10 caple out of the business 1
with profit. il is necessary to get better
prices abroad than formerly, and to do
this tbe proper kind of horse must be
offered
Germany, Holland. and France send
good draft horses to England France
also exports 10 England a large number
of good carriage horses. 1t is with the
horse breeders Of these countries as well
as Of the United Kingdom that America
is compelled TO compete.
THE CAB HORSE.
The single cab and private brougham
horses are kept by the better class of
stables for the use of persons who are
willing to pay more than the ordinary
cal; fares for turnout which has every
appearance of being a private convey
auce. or one owned by a gentleman for
his own use. The horse TO answer these
requirements must have more style and
finish than the bus horse. The more
style and action he possesses, with suf-
iicient quality and size. the more nearly
viii he approach the desired standard. !
until he passes by insensible shades into !
the fine, high grade carriage horse. Color
is not considered in lower class horse.
unless, perhaps, in the case of a very
bad grey, as purchasers of this class
usually go on the theory that one color (
is as s0od as another, but when 1t comes
to the high carriage class, there are sew /
eral points to consider including color,
which have an important effect on the
price Of high class horses. 1t is only by
the infusion of draft blood that the size
of American horses can be increased, and /
while this is desirable there is danger
that II VIII also tenu 10 make them 100 I
coarse. Care must be taken to the pro-
duction of size with little smoother
form. If we succeed in this the horse /
will advance beyond the 'bus-horse class /
until he becomes an excellent general !
purpose horse, of which there is at pres
ent a great scarcity. This horse in Eng (
land Will. it is claimed, be used by men (
of moderate means who can only afford
to keep one horse. and therefore, want /
one suitable for the brougham, the cart, /
and at the same time moderately well suit ,
ed for the saddle, besides being of such I
general utility that he can always be sold /
at fair price. This horse would also
prove TO be a good cavalry horse, and is
one which American breeders are today
prepared to raise to better advantage than
any other His legs and feet must be well
formed and free from blemish, and he
should stand right on them, his shoulders
and hips good, and his back short Such
horse Is always in demand, and If l6 hands
high sells for good price, even II he .
has but ordinary action. He is a good
"all-round horse and his price in Eng
land is regulated within reasonable
bounds almost entirely by his qualifica-
Most of the expectations have been Of
light horses, but the heavier horse is now
receiving much attention Bus horses,
cart and draft horses are being shipped
and are bringing good prices in cOmpeti-
tion with horses of the same class in the
old and original home of the breed. This,
il is said arouSes some opposition from
the foreign breeders of draft horses, who, I
when the imports from America were Of
d character not calculated 10 compete with
their horses, viewed American prominence
in that trade In saddle, light and fancy /
driving horses with much more equanimi-
ty than now, when both their purse and
pride are assailed by the entrance of the |
American-groWn draft horses upon their
hitherto undisputed territory.
The foreign market for inferior horses is
closed against the American
breeder, If for no other reason than that