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Plate I. — Tram horse from the United States. Color, brown; age, 6 

 years; height, 15£ hands; girth, 79 inches; measurement under 

 knee, 8£ inches; weight, 1 ,250 pounds. 50 



Plate II. — Fig. 1. Tram horse from the United States. Front view ; 



Fig. 2. Tram horse from the United States. Rear view 50 



Plate III. — Fig. 1. Black trotting "vanner,"6 years old, 16£ hands high, 

 78 inches around girth, and 71 inches around leg just below 

 the knee; Fig. 2. Army horse, not a very good type, 6 years 

 old, 15.3 hands high, 73 inches around girth, and 8£ inches 

 around leg just below the knee 52 



Plate IV. — Fig. 1. Heavy van horse, 4 years old; shipped from Boston; sold 

 for 50 guineas; height, 16} hands; girth, 98 inches; leg just 

 below knee, 10 inches; Fig. 2. Heavy van horse, 6 years old; 

 shipped from Boston; sold for 60 guineas; height, 16} hands; 

 girth, 99 inches; leg just below the knee, 10J inches 52 



Plate V.— Carriage horses shipped from the United States; 7 years old, 90 

 inches girth, and 9 inches around the leg just below the knee; 

 have plenty of knee action and are well bred; sold at auction 

 for 45 guineas apiece; are owned by W. Bruce Johnson, of 

 Cory don, and driven tandem and as a team to the pole 52 



Plate VI. — Dark-bay gelding, 7 years old; shipped from Boston, Mass.; 17 

 hands high, 84 inches around the girth, and 12 inches around 

 the leg just below the knee; sold by Messrs. Pritchard & 



Moore Bros, for 65 guineas 1 _ 52 



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