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and spring. In the fall, the age of the horse must be 4£ to 6 years, 

 and in the spring 5 to 7 years. They must measure from 15 to 15£ 

 hands in height if they have not completed their sixth year. After 

 that age, they must be 15| to 16 hands high. 



Prices vary according to quality and market conditions. The last 

 English and Irish horses were bought at an average price of £37 to 

 £38 ($180 to $185), delivered in Parkestone. For other horses the 

 prices at present are: For officers' horses, 830 kroners ($221.40), and 

 for the ordinary cavalry horse, 760 kroners ($203.68), at the place of 

 purchase. The purchases do not exceed 150 animals per year. Horses 

 are bought only after the inspection of the commission, one of whom 

 is a veterinary surgeon. 



American dealers who desire to offer cavalry horses to the recruit- 

 ing commission would probably find it more convenient to do so 

 through dealers in England, Ireland, or Germany when the commis- 

 sion makes its semiannual visits to these countries. The address of 

 the recruiting commission is "Formand for Remontekommissionen, 

 12 Stormgade, Copenhagen." If, at the time of these visits of the 

 commission, any local dealer should be prepared to offer for inspec- 

 tion American horses answering in qualifications to the outlines given 

 above, I am sure the commission would buy such horses as readily as 

 the German or English horses. At least one of the commission, as I 

 am informed, is very favorably impressed with the American horse 

 for cavalry. I give below the names and addresses of some of the 

 best-known horse dealers in Copenhagen for the* benefit of those 

 exporters who desire to try this market. The commercial ratings of 

 any of these firms can be obtained by writing to P. V. Fornais's 

 International Bureau, 16 Gl. Torv, Copenhagen. The dealers are 

 H. P. Bekker, Baldersgade 6 ; F. A. Benthein, Petersens Passage 9 B 

 I. Brondum, Petersen's Passage 16 A; P. C. Gjertsen, Viktoriagade 6 

 I. Hansen, Gasvarksvri 33; C. C. Hecht, Vesterbrogade 9; N. Hen 

 riksen, N. Farimagsgade 39; N. Jorgensen, Gasvarksvri 14; Jorgen 

 sen J,_Falkonerallen 12; F. H. Moinichen, Vesterbrogade 12; H. P 

 Rasmussen, Vesterbrogade 35. 



THE DEMAND FOR AND KIND OP HORSES SUITED FOR EUROPEAN 

 USES AND THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE HORSE TRADE IN 

 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 



[Report of Mr. Charles E. Stubbs, Fairfield, towa.] 



It not my purpose in this report to treat of the different kinds of 

 horses, their qualities and uses, nor compare their relative merits, 

 only so far as these questions may arise in discussing the salient 

 features of the subject treated in this report. 



In considering the situation in the United Kingdom one is natu- 

 rally led into fields of investigation not directly connected with the 



