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used this class of horses their teams would scarcely last a single year. 

 The largest manufacturers of lumber use from loo to 200 horses. 



*' The English and Belgians are pretty good work horses, but not 

 numerous in this country, and lose their breeding — not marking their 

 stock in crossing on our native mares. In one or two crosses they 

 don't show any distinct breed. 



" The Clydesdales' redeeming qualities are the size of their legs and 

 their heavy bones. But their symmetry in form is deficient, most of 

 them having high necks and thin shoulders, light flanks and coarse 

 couplings, rather rough hips and backs. As an evidence of the 

 popularity of the French horses, I have shipped for Wall and Witter, 

 of Denver, Col., the largest transfer firm in the West, a car-load 

 almost every week for two years of grey Norman mares exclusively. 

 They would have nothing else, as they stand the climate and tend to 

 improve their stock in that country. 



"The action of French horses is good. They are rapid steppers. 



** They are more generally bred in the West than all other classes 

 of draft horses, and, as a proof of their popularity, the supply is far 

 short of the demand this year, as we pay $200 and upwards to 

 farmers for three-year-old grade Normans, to ship to Ohio and Penn- 

 sylvania for feeders. 



" And if the farmers will consult my experience, they will choose 

 the Normans in preference to all others for breeding purposes." 



M. NEWGASS, 



of 17 and 19 Morgan street, Chicago, has a general trade with the 

 lumbermen East and West, and in the city. He handles upwards of 

 1 ,000 horses annually. Mr. Newgass said : 



*' I deal in all the various breeds of draft horses. Percherons or 

 Normans, Clydesdales, English and Belgian. I handle most of the 

 Normans because the demand for them is greater than for the other 

 breeds, and they bring the highest prices. They are more enduring 

 than the other breeds. They have good feet, which the Clydesdales 

 and Canada horses have not. They last better than any other kind 

 on our pavements, and are more attractive looking than any other 

 breed of horses. The English and Belgian horses are fine looking, 

 but they lose a little across the loin. They lose in breeding, not 

 marking their stock in crossing on our mares after one or two crosses. 



"The Normans are true to work. They are broken before they 

 are ever harnessed. 



