EXPORTS OP HORSES PROM BUFFALO. 89 



funeral work, and all the purposes for which American coach horses of 

 this country are used. I am informed that a jobmaster in a foreign 

 country is a man of large means who owns a large number of high-class 

 horses and leases them to individuals for private purposes for the 

 season. The coach horses exported from America are sold only in 

 limited numbers to private gentlemen for private use. Cob horses 

 are principally used by business men for hack or road purposes. 

 Heavy and light hunters are used for saddle purposes, for pleasure, 

 cross country, and following the hounds, while the American trotters 

 and pacers are being used for racing and breeding purposes. All of 

 the above-mentioned horses are bred and purchased principally in the 

 States of Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Michigan, Indiana, 

 and Wisconsin, while some of the high-class hunters, cobs, and hack- 

 ney horses are furnished to this market for export purposes by Canadian 

 breeders and dealers. 



DESCRIPTION OF HORSES. 



Cob horses. — These should be from 15 to 15.1 hands high; color 

 should be solid, either bay, brown, chestnut, or black; weight from 

 900 to 1,000 pounds; closely coupled, short back, small head and ear, 

 good substantial legs and feet, and a good disposition. 



Omnibus and tramway. — Horses for this work should be low chunks, 

 15 to 15.2 hands high, weight 1,100 to 1,300 pounds, 5 to 7 years old, 

 plenty of good, heavy bone and muscle; well ribbed up, round hips, 

 solid color, and of light action; must be thoroughly broken to all 

 harness. 



' Cavalry and artillery horses. — The demand for these horses seems 

 to be very large — exceeding the supply, and buyers are constantly on 

 the market desiring to purchase a class of horses having a combina- 

 tion of strength and endurance with the fine finish of a thoroughbred 

 type. Color should be exclusively solid (dark bay or chestnut), 

 height from 15.3 to 16 hands, having along neck, small, fine-cut head, 

 short ears, well-developed forehead, long, sloping shoulders, short 

 back, closely ribbed ; with plenty of substance ; clean, strong legs, with 

 a smooth, round foot; must be easy gaited, with not too high a knee 

 action; more valuable if saddle gaited. 



Van or draft horses. — The demand is good for the highest type of 

 the American draft horse, which should be from 16 to 17 hands high, 

 and weigh from 1,500 to 2,000 pounds — in fact, can not be too heavy; 

 should be short legged, with plenty of bone and muscle; must be 

 perfectly sound, closely coupled, with short back, heavy neck, small 

 head and ears. The Shire breed is much preferred for the English 

 market, and animals with plenty of long hair on legs are much desired 

 also, while the Normans are accepted by Continental buyers. Color 

 does not materially change the value, but the horses must have great 

 substance, durability, and possess heavy and strong, clean bones; 



