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NUGENT BROS ARE PROFITABLE TRADERS Buffalo X Y August 7 Xugent Bros ot St Louis who at Latonia aud Windsor bought some half dozen carloads of thoroughbreds foe utility purposes are still helping the horsemen out in these hard times borne of the mares so bought will be shipped to South Africa for breeding pur ¬ poses while colLs and geldings fit to race will go to Argentina Others will bo disposed of as saddle draught and general purpose horses according to size and conformation The brothers are also send ing mares and entire horses which la their opinion will find reads salo and fair prices to Japan and the same sort of animals to Mexico The Soutli = ican and JaPan consignments are sent out to bo used In the breeding farms for cavalry remounts nnd artillery teams There is a sharp demand in both countries for American thoroughbred blood In such animals Roth countries learned their lessons in recent wars and are building up cavalry anil artillery horse farms In the meantime the Nugcnts who are keen horsemen educated in a keen school are not losing by their racing ventures They race what they buy when In their opinion the purchases ire Jt to race So far they have secured 700 or WH horses fronr various sources and arc said to bo bulldins up a profitable business
