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UPON THE FOLLOWING POINTS: 



If they handled draft horses to any extent, what breeds they 

 handled. Of which particular breed they sold most. Why they sold 

 most of that breed. If the horses of that breed were possessed of 

 more endurance than others. If they had better feet and lasted 

 longer on the city pavements. If they commanded higher prices, or 

 what were the reasons for this particular breed being the favorite. 

 This will account for the similarity of some of the interviews, as, 

 where the gentlemen interviewed did not in their statements cover 

 the several points, these questions were generally propounded. 



The result will be of immense value to all those engaged in breed- 

 ing horses, as well as those who have horses to buy and have not had 

 experience upon which to base their judgment in purchasing. This 

 evidence is of the very best that be obtained, for it is the accumulated 

 knowledge of years of experience of those who furnish perhaps 40,000 

 horses annully directly to those who buy them to wear out. 



In order to avoid mystifying those persons not versed in the differ- 

 ent names often applied to the same breeds, we wi'l explain briefly by 

 Fstating that those classed as Clydesdales are mobily the produce of " 

 horses imported direct from Scotland, or bred in Canada, and | 

 imported to the United States. Under the head of English horses 

 are comprised the large Lincolnshire, the Yorkshire, the Suffolk and 

 other strains. \ 



'^he French breeds arc composed of the Percherons, the Brittany, j 

 and the Boulonnais In this country people distinguish them as j 

 Percherons, Percheron-Normans, Norman-Percheron, Normans, and | 

 French horses. The pure-breds are all recorded, or eligible for ' 

 entry, in " The Percheron-Norman Stud Book." 



The Percherons are considered superior to all the French families, ' 

 and at the Universal Exposition in 1878, and at all the great shows 

 of France for years, they have carried off the prizes. 

 The result of the interview was as follows : 



ISAAC H. DAHLMAN, 



of Nos. 209 and 211 East Twenty -fourth street, New York city, being j 

 called upon, requested the scribe to call in the evening, as he was too^ 

 busy to give any time during the day. In conversation with other 

 dealers it was learned that Mr. I. H. Dahlman is by far the most 



