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TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 



Cavalry remounts for the United States War Department 

 are purchased as needed through contract orders, the contract 

 being let to the lowest responsible bidder. In filling orders, 

 dealers are often obliged to educate many of the recruits to 

 the saddle, in order to meet the specific requirements. 



Miscellaneous Horses. 



Feeders. Feeders are horses thin in flesh which are pur- 

 chased to be put in condition and resold. They may belong to 

 any of the above classes, but the practice is more generally 

 applied to draft horses, chunks, and wagon horses. The old 

 adage, "a little fat covers a multitude of defects/' is still true; 



Fig. 151. High-Class Pony. 



King Larigo, Champion Shetland pony stallion at the Panama-Pacific 

 Exposition and Champion at the Iowa State Fair for five years. Owned by 

 Mr. Geo. A. Heyl, Washington, 111. 



the value of flesh when put on thin horses can hardly be appre- 

 ciated, unless one has seen them fleshed and placed again on 

 the market. 



Range horses. During certain seasons of the year, there 

 may be found on the market horses bred and reared on the 

 range, commonly known as "range horses." They are divided 

 into two general classes, light and heavy, according to the pre- 

 dominance of light or draft horse blood. For the sale ring, 

 each of these classes is divided into carlots as follows: "colts," 

 meaning weanlings; "ones," the yearlings; "twos," the two- 



