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gait. Horses of this character are used on the London omnibuses and 

 tramways, express or delivery wagons, and by the Germans for gen- 

 eral purposes. Present prices range from $80 to $135. England takes 

 60 per cent, Germany 20 per cent, and France and Belgium each 10 

 per cent. , 



(4) The draft horse weighs from 1,500 to 1,800 pounds, blocky 

 made, good bone, and well muscled and put together, smoothly finished, 

 good quality and disposition, and a first-class horse in every respect; 

 must be well broken and tractable. Horses of this build are used for 

 heavy truck work and draying, and constitute about 16 per cent of our 

 exports. They are used in the United Kingdom and Germany. They 

 are by Shire or Clydesdale sires, some Norman or Percheron, out of 

 one-half or three-fourths bred mares of the same breeding. 



(5) The American trotter must be a high-bred horse with good bone 

 and substance, finely finished, plenty of action, and nice disposition. 

 The more speed, the higher price he will bring, quality and size being 

 considered. The prices range from $200 to $5,000. This style of 

 horse is used in Germany, England, France, and Austria for racing 

 and road driving. There is a demand from Mexico for well-matched 

 teams of this class, weighing about 2,000 pounds, where they are used 

 for carriage work. Horses of this character constitute about 2 per 

 cent of our export trade. 



There are no horses purchased in this market particularly for cav- 

 alry purposes, and no such classification or type is recognized, but it 

 is quite probable, so I am informed by exporters, that numbers of 

 those horses purchased as cabbers, when resold in the London or 

 Continental markets, are purchased by representatives of European 

 powers for military purposes. 



In addition to the countries mentioned there is a small demand 

 from Guatemala and Central America for light drivers and carriage 

 teams, and from Cuba for mules and cheap drivers. A trial ship- 

 ment of 80 horses is now on the ocean for Cape Town, South Africa, 

 and experimental shipments will shortly be made to the Hawaiian 

 Islands. All parties interested in the horse business at this point 

 display a very aggressive spirit in enlarging their scope of export 

 business. 



I have been unable to obtain sufficient data to enable me to state 

 positively where these horses were bred, but, from a general inspection 

 of the books and records at the Stock Yards Company, and interviews 

 with experienced and conservative commission men who are familiar 

 with the market, I estimate that the horses purchased for export at 

 this market were derived about as follows : 36 per cent are bred in 

 Iowa, 34 per cent in Illinois, 7 per cent in Indiana, 5 per cent in Ohio, 

 5 per cent in Missouri, 5 per cent in Minnesota, 3 per cent in Wis- 

 consin, 2 per cent in Kentucky, and 3 per cent scattering. 



All horses for exportation must be perfectly sound, free from blem- 



