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class are usually sired by the very best coach and trotting stallions, 

 care being taken of course to procure sires that are well-marked indi- 

 viduals as to style, color, action, disposition, and speed. The mares 

 are usually selected under the same conditions. 



Cavalry and artillery horses have only been in urgent demand by 

 the foreign trade within the last two or three years, therefore no par- 

 ticular care or effort has been made during the past by horse breeders 

 to produce horses suitable for this purpose. However, the recent 

 demand and good prices are inducing horse breeders who have an 

 opportunity of procuring sires and dams suitable for producing this 

 class of horses to pay particular attention to supplying the market 

 with cavalry and artillery horses; and from information derived I 

 am led to believe that the Southern States of Kentucky, Virginia, and 

 Tennessee are intending to breed horses for this purpose, while the 

 "Western States of Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, and Iowa are also 

 procuring such sires and dams as will be apt to produce this class of 

 horses. 



Cobs, heavy and light, are principally bred in New York State, 

 Dominion of Canada, some parts of Virginia and Kentucky, and 

 largely in Montana and Kansas. They are usually from either thor- 

 oughbreds or three-quarter-bred sires and dams. 



Trotting and pacing horses are bred in nearly every State in the 

 Union, although New York State, Michigan, Kansas, Wisconsin, Ken- 

 tucky, and Tennessee seem to predominate in raising the class of 

 trotters and pacers that find the most ready sale to our export buyers. 

 No general rule can be given regarding their particular breeding. 

 Experience has taught us that in breeding horses for trotters and 

 pacers, several things are necessary to insure for them a ready sale 

 either on the home or foreign market. The one great demand and 

 requirement is speed, while beauty, individuality, size, etc., are 

 secondary considerations. 



NUMBER OF HORSES EXPORTED PROM BUFFALO, N. Y. 



From the most reliable information I have been able to obtain I 

 find that during the year 1896 25,000 draft horses, about 15,000 cab, 

 tramroad, and omnibus horses, and about 12,000 cavalry, artillery, 

 light and heavy van, jobmasters, and coach horses, cobs,' hunters, 

 trotters, and pacers were exported. 



PRICES PAID BY FOREIGN BUYERS. 



Draft and van horses average in price from $100 to $300 each; omni- 

 bus and tram horses, $70 to $100; cab horses, $50 to $75; heavy coach 

 or jobmaster horses, $150 to $300; light coach horses, $100 to $300; 

 artillery and cavalry horses, $140 to $160; light and heavy hunters, 

 $150 to $300. Trotters and pacers vary greatly in price, depending 



