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total of all these characteristics that produoes (he type. Then the 

 producer has to breed to type, according to the type he wants to 

 produce. 



In breeding market horses the breeder should know what th>e 

 market demand for that tj^pe is. Now, we find horses coming to 

 market graded. The origin of this graded class is something like 

 this: There comes a certain demand for horses to perform a cer- 

 tain line of service, such as move a heavy van with its contents, 

 in the city, draw a coach or carry a rider on his back. Now, the 

 coach or saddle horse could not drag the heavy van, hence comes 

 the demand for a different type of horse, and we get the heavy 

 draught horse. From the large jobbing houses of the city comes 

 the largest demand for this type of horse. Thoy want a horse which 

 combines strength to drag heavy loads over the slippery streets, 

 with some style and flash. Then we have the heavy harness horse, 

 the coach or carriage horse, and then the class best adapted to the 

 speed type, the saddle horse. There are no fashion plates issued, 

 but each of these classes has its own peculiar style, and the horse 

 best adapted to the special purposes for which they are wanted, 

 are the horses the market demands. 



The draught horse has to have weight to hold his footing on the 

 slippery pavements, while drawing heavy vans. These horses are 

 low-set, short-logged, very deep back, massive; horses of power, 

 rather than horses of speed. The horses that fulfil these require- 

 ments will go to market classified as draught horses. 



These draught horses are subdivided into several classes. First 

 come the feeders. Yon will find that this is a type of horse that 

 is actually in demand, and we have a good many come into this 

 State. Tn Lancaster county, for instance, whero they have lots of 

 land, this clns«! is much in demand, and fhoy pasture thpm thore in 

 large quantities. The only difference between the feeder and the 

 draught horse is merely ninety days' rations. He is the same as 

 the draught horse, only thin. 



Next come the loggers. Draught horsf^s must have some quality 

 and some finish. He works in the city, and must make some show. 

 He must be smooth, and of good quality, to maintain the dignity of 

 the drausfht horse. Now. when a horse of this type comes to mar- 

 ket a little low spread and plain about the head and ears, lacking 

 the quality and refinement of the draught horse, although of the 

 same type, he must go back to the lumber camps, where strength is 

 needed, and appearance does not count for so much. 



Then come the chunks. Draup-ht horses weiirh at least sixtoen 

 hundred pounds, and in the Phicacro market any draught horse that 

 weighs less than sixteen hundred pounds is called a chunk. The 

 fancy ones come Fast, either to "Boston, or for export. 



Next, in this same type, wp havo the expresser. He comes nearer 

 the freneral purpose horse of the farm than any other horse on the 

 market. Thero is no such thinnr a'^ the general purpose horse 

 known on the market. A horse, when he comes to market, must 

 nome under some particular classification. .Ml horsos are wanted 

 for some special purpose, and are fittod un for that purpose. Now. 

 the expresser has more style than the draught horse proper, and 

 more power than the coach horse. He is really a draught horse 



