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Mr. Richardson. There are two sides to that question, and 

 one is that the heavier horses are being used more for trucking 

 and such work, but there is a good sale for a horse that weighs 

 1,200 to 1,400 pounds, and there is a good sale for a horse that 

 weighs 1,600 to 1,800. I think a farmer could raise something 

 the same as the horse I am trying to raise. I have got a colt 

 that I am trying to raise from my hackney stallion and a 

 thoroughbred mare. It will be four years old in the spring, 

 and I refused a thousand dollars for it the other day. There 

 is another class of horses coming along, and that is the cavalry 

 horse. If any of you have seen the cavalry of this State any- 

 where they have been in camp, I don't believe that any of you 

 have been carried away with any of their horses. But go up 

 into Canada and let a cavalry troop come out up there and 

 it is an education to see those horses and see how they can 

 form, and I believe that is one thing we have got to do in this 

 State, namely, get better horses for our cavalry. Another 

 thing, they have found that the long-legged horse 163^ hands 

 high, is not right for a cavalry horse. A horse that stands 

 153^ to 16 hands high, with a deep barrel so that it can 

 carry feed, will outdo the longer-legged horse almost two to 

 one, and I believe there is an opportunity to raise this class 

 of horses, weighing from 1,200 to 1,300 pounds, for cavalry 

 horses. 



Question. We work 16 horses on our farm; we don't raise 

 any colts; our horses work every day in the year, Sundays 

 excepted. How many teams would I have to keep to raise a 

 colt from each mare I keep? 



Mr. Richardson. There are some times in the year when 

 those horses are busier than others, aren't there? Especially 

 from now until the 1st of April your horses are not very busy? 



A Member. Not quite so busy as in the summer time, but 

 there is generally work for them. 



Mr. Richardson. If you were going to raise colts from 

 them all, you would probably have to have one or two more 

 horses, but all that is necessary is to let a mare rest for two 

 weeks. I have known them where they didn't rest even as 

 long as that, but I would not advocate it. 



