1788 Report of Fakmeks' Institutes 



The principal faults of the Percheron are his light bone, his 

 short pasterns and steep rump. By careful breeding the faults 

 have been largely corrected. Compared with the Shire and Bel- 

 gian, the Percheron have less bone, but more than the Suffolk 

 and Clydesdale. Good individuals have clean Hat cordy legs 

 that give them great wearing quality. 



The success of the Percheron in this country has been secured 

 by their stylish, upstanding type and prompt cheerful action, to- 

 gether with the fact that the Percheron grades wear better, sell 

 better and till the bill better than those of any other breed. This 

 breed has been fortunate now as well as in the past in having 

 among its supporters many of the most noted horsemen in 

 America and thousands of dollars are being collected and spent 

 by the American Percheron lireeders' Association each year in 

 prizes and advertising the good qualities of this breed. 



the BELGIAN 



Without doubt, the large, black Flanders horse was a strong 

 factor in the foundation of most of the other draft breeds, and to 

 the difference in taste, requirements and environment can be at- 

 tributed the variation in type and characteristics of most of the 

 recogiiized draft breeds of today. Flanders being a part of Bel- 

 gium and Holland, the Belgian breeders claim they have the oldest 

 draft breed in the world. 



Until recent years the many faults of the Belgian horse pre- 

 vented them from becoming popular with the American breeders. 

 The coarse, square, sour head, lop ears, short, thick neck, low back, 

 short round hips, and crooked coarse hocks, were the rule rather 

 than the exception. 



To the most liberal policy of prizes and subsidy and careful in- 

 spection by the Ijelgian government is due the wonderful improve- 

 ment of the Belgian horse during the past ten years. As higli as 

 $1,200 subsidy is paid to champion and prize winning stallions, 

 ])ut these stallions must be kept in service for five years before the 

 owners arc allowed to draw this money. This together wnth the 

 high service fee ($100 l)y the season) commanded by the prize 

 stallions make it impossilile for outside buyers to secure a popular 

 prize winning Belgian stallion at any price. jSJ^early all railroads 



