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FOREIGN MARKETS FOR AMERICAN HORSES. 



Since the first shipments in 1893 prices have steadily advanced and 

 are now fully 30 per cent higher than they were at that time. Not- 

 withstanding this, the demands of the foreign buyers have become 

 more and more importunate, and they have become less arbitrary in 

 their selection of character and type and readily accept horses that 

 would have been rejected a year ago as undesirable for their trade. 



Statement showing destination of Jft per cent of the number of horses estimated as 

 exported from Chicago during the year 1896 and 60 per cent of those exported 

 during the first eight months of 1897. 



REPORT REGARDING THE EXPORT OF HORSES FROM BUFFALO, , 

 N. Y., AND VICINITY. 



[Report by Inspector Nelson P. Hinkley.] 



Sir: As requested by you in a letter of recent date, I respectfully 

 submit the following report concerning the export trade in horses, 

 from Buffalo, N". Y., and vicinity: 



I have interviewed nearly all of the horsemen who are interested 

 either in purchasing for or selling to the export trade, also the ship- 

 pers of export horses from this city, and find that those which have: 

 been and are now being exported are all of the better class. They 

 consist of horses for the following purposes: Cabs, tramroads, omni- 

 buses, cavalry, artillery, light and heavy van horses, jobmasters (or 

 coach horses), cobs, heavy and light hunters, trotters, and pacers.. 

 The light and heavy van horses are used for all draft purposes. Tram 

 horses are used for street railways and tramways. Omnibus horses are 

 in large demand, and are used in large numbers for drawing passenger 

 omnibuses for public street service. Cavalry and artillery horses are,, 

 as the term signifies, used in the several foreign armies for army pur- 

 poses. The horses termed ' ' jobmasters " are used for public carriages, 



