The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-12

ing between their tfans- Atlantic journey
and re,embarksng dor the trip across tht
received for suitable horses In France
while in Germany the price depends or
the Sso5vyefnmeni IL, which the horse is
sold, s2lo beingsspsid in Prussia, and s2si
Denmark rerdountB her cavalry with
horses principally drawn frem Germany
and ENGLAND. but uses native horses en-
tirely for artillery and baggage trains,
but her purchases are trifiing in number
In Belgium a few dealers furnish the
small number of horses required. and
from Ireland, aud as the business as
now conducted has proved profitable
about $50 net profit being made on each
horse-ihere 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 requires about 700 horses annual
" to remount the English cavalry, and
from to per cent 'ot these are CANADIAN
The principal fault found by the fnspec-
| tor of remounts of England with American
horses is with their shape. They are too
long in the body. tail too low dow1 on
the body, the hips wider than the but
! tocks, the back curving in and the leg de-
hcient in bone. The English War once
would be glad to buy short, lew horses,
/ thick set, with strong TANKS. good high
set tail muscular buttocks and thighs,
! ribs well rounded and welI-shaped legs,
4 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 5000 horses are exported yearly
from the United States to Belgium,
| France, Germany, Holland, and Great
to Great Britain. II 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, 15c,OO0 new horses annually are
| required for the London business serv-
| ice When it is recalled that only about
| 10000 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 still larger number
used in the rest of the island, Canada and
the United States furnish between 10000
and 4O,0oU
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 15l4 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 16 to IS inches in girth and from
SO to 90 around the leg just below the
knee Such horses will sell from
Sii1 TO IS5, and sometimes as high as
500. Large bus horses for suburban work
bring from $1S5 to S225 and exceptional
native horses sell as high as $500 Light
delivery wagon horses bring SIPS to $50.
respectively. Carriage horses, 80 inches
at girth and 9R inches around the leg
Just below the knee, with good knee ac-
ton and well-hred,; will, if matched, bring
from $3.50 to 81 500 h pair Heavy draft
horses are in Brisk demand and Clydes-
dale and Shire horsts are most desired.
Solid, stockY, BIA-hand, 1759-pound
horses, free from biemish. five to seven
years old. 10 TO 1eta inches around the
leg below the-<Hee. and IS to 100 inches
girth, sell from $3.50 to 1915 AIisfits
scrubs. and badly broken horses will not
DO, but young. gold, sound, weTI-broken
horse, with pientynof bone and muscle,
compactly built, of.almost any recognized
class or type, VIII sell We'll in the London
market Tx
The effect OF thu American trade has
been to cheapsn horses in England, and
horse breeding among farmers on the
island is nearly paralyzed. With horses
q drug upon the local markets. it is be-
leved TO be good policy to sell American
stock in Europe Eaven at exceptionally
low prices. Bat, the price at home is
locking up To come out OF the business
with profit, it is necessary to get better
prices abroad than formerly, and to do
this tbs. proper kind of horse must be
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.
TILE 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
cab fares for turnout which has every
appearance of being a private convey |
ance, 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 |
ficient quality and size, the more nearly |
will ne approach the desired standard. |
until he passes by insensible shades into |
the fine, high-grade carriage horse. Color I
is not considered in a lower class horse, |
unless, perhaps, in the case of very /
bad grey as purchasers of this class 4
usually go on the theory that one color /
is as Sood as another, but when it 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 it will also tend to make them too
coarse. Care must be taken to the pro- (
duction of size with a little smoother I
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
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
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 II l6 hands
high sells for good price, even if he
has but ordinary action. He is a good :
horse and his price in Eng
lanG is regulated, within reasonable
bounds. almost entirely by his qualifica-
tons.
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 COMPETE
ton with horses of the same class in the
Did and original home of the breed. This,
It is said, arouses some opposition from
the foreign breeders of draft horses, who,
when the imports from america were OF
character not calculated TO compete with
heir horses, viewed American prominence
N that trade IN saddle, light, and fancy
Irving horses with much more equanimi-
~ than now, when both their purse and
pride are assailed by the entrance of the
American-sroWn draft horses upon their
hitherto undisputed territory.
The foreign market for inferior horses Is
practically closed against the American
breeder, If for no other reason than that