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hands up and weigh from 1.100 to 1,500 pounds. They are the heaviest 

 of the lighter draft type of misfits and mongrels elsewhere referred to, 

 but among their numbers are found many animals useful for sundry 

 purposes. 



General Purpose Horses. — These animals are not recognized as a 

 standard market class but form a large proportion of the entire num- 

 ber of horses marketed annually. They are 'nondescript in character, 

 of all possible blends of blood and consequent lack of type. They 

 usually are serviceahly sound and often of fair to good quality but they 

 lack the characteristic? fitting a horse for a distinct market class. 



TYPICAL HEAVY DRAFT TYPE. 

 They are bought for all sorts of purposes and at comj)aratively low 

 prices according to individual character. The average price for such 

 horses in the Chicago market was $140 during 1904. 



Expressers. — These are individually excellent, active, light draft 

 horses that are expected to do most of their work at a trot. The demand 

 for them is active at all times and the best of them command high 

 prices. The typical expresser stands 15.2 to 16 hands and weighs 1,350 

 to 1,500 pounds or over according to the class of work to be done. They 

 should be upstanding but not "leggy," clean legged, graceful, active, sound, 

 hardy, sensible horses possessed of sufficient power to move comparatively 

 heavy loads at a brisk walk or trot. Sound "wind" is imperative and 

 legs and feet should be of the best possible quality. They are commonly 

 considered "draft horses with coach horse finish." They command $20 

 to $25 more than farm chunks in the market. 



