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in Austria. (For this picture the author is indebted 



to the American Horse Breeder of Boston.) ... 98 



Model harness for a work horse 114 



Shahwan, gray Arabian stallion, now dead. Imported from 

 Arabia to England by Lady Anne Blunt, and brought 

 to this country in 1895 by J. A. P. Ramsdell of New- 

 burgh, New York 130 



Bennington, thoroughbred horse, standing 15.3, weighing 

 1,150 pounds; bred by H. V. Colt of Geneseo, New 

 York. This horse is well known as a hunter both in 

 this country and in England 130 



Uhlan, to wagon, driven by his owner, C. K. G. Billings . 152 



Dragon, Percheron stallion ; owned by E. B. White of Lees- 

 burgh, Virginia 186 



Percheron grade gelding, sixteen years old ; owned by Ar- 

 mour & Company 186 



Paul de Weils, Belgian stallion; four years old, 17^4 hands, 

 weight 2,400 pounds ; owned by Denison Farms, Buf- 

 falo, New York 206 



Royal Friar 11, shire stallion; owned by Truman Stock 



Farm, Bushnell, Illinois 230 



Ashmoor Romeo, Suffolk stallion; owned by Hawthorn 



Farm, Lake County, Illinois 230 



Lizzie, Clydesdale mare; owned by Alexander Galbraith 



and Son, De Kalb, Illinois 250 



Shire grade gelding; owned by Truman Stock Farm, Bush- 

 nell, Illinois 250 



