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not give you any criticism on the Clydesdale. I buy very few of 

 them. I prefer to pass his stable and say nothing about him." 



Being asked as to the relative prices he was willing to pay for 

 Norman-Percherons and other breeds, Mr. Dahlman said he should 

 have to decline to answer that also, as, if he did, every farmer wha 

 owned a Norman horse would want $io more for him. 



He was then asked what breed of horses he would recommend 

 farmers to breed from with reference to selling on the New York 

 maaket. His answer was that he thought that The Tribune readers 

 would understand that from what he had already said. 



J. H. WHITSON & SON, 



of 2IO East Twenty-fourth street, New York city, were next seen. 

 Mr. Whitson said : 



" We do quite a large business in horses, but do not make a specialty 

 of draft horses. Handle more of the lighter weights, such as railroad 

 and driving horses We handle some of the grades of the different 

 breeds of heavy horses — French, or Percheron-Normans as they are 

 called, Clydesdales, and a few of the English and Belgian horses. 

 Anything we see cheap we buy. I think we handle more of the 

 Clydesdales than of the other breeds, because we find more of them 

 for sale about the country. 



" The Normans, beyond doubt, have the best feet and last better 

 on the New York pavements. 



" Our customers, however, are generally not well posted, and don't 

 know the difference between the Clydesdales and the Normans. I 

 have no preference for either breed." 



Mr. Whitson appeared timid about expressing himself on the 



subject, as, he said, some of the large dealers in heavy horses who 

 were his neighbors would not agree with him, and would find fault 



with him when the interviews were published. He declined to say 



more. 



FISS & DOERR, 



of 155 East Twenty-fourth street, New York city, were seen. Mr. 

 Doerr said : 



" We are doing a large business in horses ; have sold about 1,30a 

 this year, although we have only been in business two years. Of these 

 quite a number are draft horses, although we do not make a specialty 



