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of heavy horses. I Hke the Clyde horses the best, because they have 

 better feet. The Norman horses are more compactly built, and if 

 they had as good feet I should prefer them to the Clydesdales. The 

 feet of the Norman horse are brittle and splinter easily." 



SOLOMON MEHRBACH, 



of 154 East Twenty-fourth street, New York city, expressed himself 

 as follows : 



" I deal largely in all the different kinds of draft horses — Clydes- 

 dales, English and Belgian, and the French horses called Percherons 

 or Normans. Don't know which class I handle most oflf. Have no 

 preference for either breed, and find that one class of horses sells as 

 well as another. A good horse sells well at any time. 



" The Clydes are pretty good horses, but rather flat-footed and 

 slim-waisted." 



Mr. Mehrback then left to attend to some customers, saying that 

 he did not think the Western larmers needed any information on the 

 subject of horse-breeding. 



Returning the next day, and pressing Mr. Mehrback for more 

 information, he said : " Have you seen Mr. I. H. Dahlman ?" The 

 reporter said he had. "Well, he likes the Normans, don't he?" 

 " Yes." " Well, I like the Clydes. I handle more of them than I 

 do of the Normans. They give better satisfaction to my customers, 

 have more bone, better feet and last longer. They have more action 

 than the Normans." 



A. S. CHAMBERLIN, 



of 147 East Twenty-fourth street. New York city, runs what are known 

 as " The Old Bull's Head " stables. He has been longer in the stable 

 business than any man in New York cily, having been so engaged for 

 upwards of forty years. Mr. C. said : 



" I keep exchange and sale stables for horses. Don't deal on my 

 own account to any extent. All classes of horses, amounting to 

 several thousand annually, come to my stables from all sections of 

 the country. A large number of these are draft horses of the different 

 breeds, the Clydesdales, the French horses called Percherons or 

 Normans, the English and Belgian. There seems to be a lareer 

 demand for the French horses than any other breed. 



