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country, but the horse that is referred to in 

 one part of the country by one name may be 

 very different from the horse which is referred 

 to by identically the same term in another. If 

 any one desires to post himself on this phase of 

 the business he would best stand by the loading 

 chutes in any of the great wholesale markets 

 and note the horses that are shipped out to the 

 various parts of the country. He will find, for 

 instance, that Boston wagon horses, New York 

 wagon horses and Pittsburg wagon horses are 

 three entirely different sorts, though they are 

 all wagon horses. How then is any one to ex- 

 plain didactically what a wagon horse is! Fol- 

 lowing, however, is a sketch in outline of mar- 

 ket requirements. 



Just at present horses of draft blood are 

 classed as drafters, loggers, feeders, wagon 

 horses, chunks and farm workers, and with the 

 exception of the first named two it is not always 

 easy to separate them. Expressers form a class 

 by themselves. Then come southern chunks and 

 riff-raff. Horses without any draft blood in 

 them at all at least visibly so are classed as 

 gentlemen 's roadsters or light harness horses, 

 heavy harness horses, business or pleasure 

 horses variously so-called, livery horses, south- 

 ern drivers and other intermediate sorts of no 

 special class or calibre, such as hearse horses, 

 for which there is always more or less of a de- 

 mand, and a few other kinds for which a spo- 



