Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1914 — 5,100 HORSES FOR EUROPE. [ARTICLE]

5,100 HORSES FOR EUROPE.

Largest Drove Ever in Chicago Will Be Kent to War Zone. Chicago, Nov. 28.—Five thousand one hundred horses, the largest single drove ever in Chicago, awaited shipment at the stock yards today to the battlefields of Europe. The horses were bought in the western plains states for the French army. Cavalry and artillery steeds are included in the drove, which is daily receiving additions. Besides the French mounts there are now 1,700 horses of a slightly higher grade, which are to be consigned to the British war office.