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with a coach horse finish, but he has more quality than the draft 

 horse. He is a horse who can take hold of a good load and st'ep 

 away at a good speed. 



Then come wagon horses, used for omnibuses, delivery wagons, 

 and vehicles of the plainer sort. In regard to these horses there is 

 the greatest difference in the market demands of the different cities. 

 The Pittsburg market calls for a very different horse than the Bos- 

 ton or Chicago market. They include the farm workers, rather 

 on the massive order from these other types. 



Father down in this class we come to what we call the scrubs 

 and plugs. Now, a scrub is a horse that has never been anything, 

 but the plug is a horse that deserves our deepest sympathy. He 

 is a has-been. He should be protected by law, as in Massachusetts. 

 At the Bull's Head, in Philadelphia, these horses are sold from 

 $27 to $60 each. 



Then we come to the heavy harness horses — the coach horse and 

 the carriage horse. The carriage horses stand about sixteen hands 

 high, and weigh about twelve hundred pounds or over. He is 

 rather a flashy horse, with some substance and quality. The Doc- 

 tor's carriage or the brougham is the place for him. 



The other type of the heavy harness horse is what is known as 

 the "Park Horse." The coach horse is usually driven by a groom, 

 but the park horse is driven by the owner on parade. General ap- 

 pearance is the thing required in the Park horse. He must be 

 flashy, trappy, with lots of style and go. He should be well-man- 

 nered, thoroughly accustomed to motor cycles and automobiles, and 

 never move an oar when they go shooting past. He has the neatest 

 of hocks, and makes the road look full of horses, as the horsemen 

 say. He runs under fifteen hands, and has a little more quality 

 and snap than the conch horse, and not so much substance. 



Then comes the light harness or speed horse. He is angular and 

 lithe, and belongs to the speed horse class, except in lifting his 

 knees high, and he reaches out and extends himself. He is a road 

 horse of the speed horse type. The difference is simply a matter 

 of degree in speed. If you buy a road horse, and he makes 2.10, 

 he goes into the speed class and if you buy a trotter, and he cannot 

 step over four minutes, he goes into the road class. 



Now we come to the last of the great market types, the saddle 

 class. This is usually made up of the Kentucky saddle horse, the 

 American five gait horse, and the hunter; with speed enough to 

 follow the hounds, he must still be able to carry well a weight of 

 two hundred pounds and jump a fence with it. These are divided 

 into three grades, light, medium, and heavy. 



In a general way these are the three great classes of horses. 

 Now, there is just one other class which I have to mention, although 

 I would rather not. That is an unclassified class. I know a man 

 in Towa who will buy any horse he can find, and when he gets 

 them into the Chicago market he sorts them out. Now, if you 

 should do the same thing, and are not well informed respecting this 

 class, you will find when you get into the Chicago market that prob- 

 ably one half of these horses will not fit Into any class. They will 

 have to go on the remnant counter. Following the market reports 

 — I take Chicago because it is the greatest horse market in the world 



