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tallest jack known is believed to have been a Catalonian 

 imported into Tennessee in 1887. He was called " Great 

 Eastern," and had been awarded first prize at the great 

 show at Puycerda, in Catalonia, in 1886. He stood 16 hands 

 3 inches high, and was used in Tennessee for jennies only, at 

 a fee of lOZ. for each, being the same amount as that charged 

 in this country for the services of the Shire horse Prince 

 Harold, recently sold for upwards of 2000Z. Unfortunately 

 for his owners. Great Eastern became badly " foundered '' 

 soon after arriving in the States. 



For a number of years teams of large mules have been 

 regularly worked at Badminton, the hunting seat of the 

 Duke of Beaufort, for farm and general carting work. At 

 one time they were used a good deal, in a team of four, 

 in the hound-van, but as they got on in years it was 

 thought that they were not fast enough, and the billet was 

 handed over to old hunters and harness horses. A mixed 

 team of mules in the wheel and old hunters in the lead 

 would have proved successful, and, supposing the old 

 hunters were *' quick " enough to get out of the way of the 

 bars, it would have been found that a pair of well-bred 

 mules made most efficient wheelers, '^ collaring " and 

 " holding " in a way that would quite astonish an orthodox 

 " coachman." 



Mr. A. J. Scott, of Rotherfield Park, near Alton, Hants, 

 has also bred a number of large mules (from English cart 

 mares and foreign jacks), which he employs for farming and 

 estate work, and which give great satisfaction. He has 

 also bred several jacks and jennies, which have been 

 exported to various countries for mule-breeding purposes. 



The following general facts in connection with the 

 subject under consideration may not be without interest. 

 Mules are commonly sold by weight, unseen, in the United 



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