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Show FRENCH BUY 4500 HORSES FOR ARMY St. Louis, Sept. 30. An order for 1500 cavalry horses and mules was placed with local dealers by representatives repre-sentatives of the French government today. This was tho largest order for army ar-my horses received here since the Door war Today's order which Is to ho filled within the next ten dayB will cost Franco approximately $760,-000. $760,-000. Eight representatives of the French government who mado the purchase, declared today they would remain hero six weeks at II were authorized to buy a today total of 100,000 horses at an expendlturo of about $12,000,-000. |