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Show HORSES FOR BRITISH PURCHASED IN UTAH. Price, Utah. Dec. 10. J. J. Mong. a prominent livestock man of Wyoming in the former days of the cattle indus-' indus-' try, is here buying horses under con- : tract for the English government, for use in the cavalry and artillery in : South Africa. A smaller horse is being taken than that required by the United . States for cavalry use. He will secure i about two cars here this week, which ! are to be delivered at Lathrop. Mo. He Is paying an average of $25 to $30 for j such as is taken. ' ; These horses are put to the English I I government at $S5 to-$100, but there ' are large expenses between the two figures for it costs $143 per car alone to get them to the Missouri river. He comes to Utah again in January next j for another lot. |