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advise the man who desires to breed pure stock, 
either of the Shire or Clydesdale stamp, to pay 
attention to this as to other points, as these 
little niceties and finishing touches to the animal 
have a considerable influence on his market price. 
It is well for the breeder to follow fashion, but let 
him also take care to create a character for his young 
stock for possessing soundness and courage, and he 
will never be long in search of a customer, for the 
good cart horse is easily sold in the north as in the 
south, and there is-a place for every size and every 
sort. Brewers, carriers, local authorities, railway 
companies, and traders are always ready to pay a 
good price for strong, active, fresh horses, four, five, 
or six years old, of the larger and heavier classes. 
There is a steady demand also at high prices for a 
smaller but weighty stamp; and powerful, short 
horses, even if undersized, will fetch 450 to 465 for 
hauling purposes, for work in the ironstone mines, 
and about collieries and works in the manufacturing 
districts. The more ambitious farmer may be 
anxious to prove his capacity as a successful breeder, 
and to obtain the high prices and honours that 
reward the successful exhibitor in the show-yard. 
In such a case, if he is a man like most of his 
brethren at present, without much loose cash, he will 
have to watch carefully the sales of well - bred 
pedigree stock and pick up a filly or two. The 
prices that are obtained at the great sales of pedi- 
gree Shires and Clydesdales are not seldom sensa- 
tional, but there is often a yearling or two-year-old 
filly which, if not quite up to show-ring form, may 
prove equal to the best as a brood mare—and these 
