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UtiUty. — Belgian horses have of recent years been strong rivals of 

 the other breeds and the newer tj'pe referred to is giving good results 

 among our breeders who, as stated, appreciate the easy feeding quali- 

 ties of these horses. There is a good deal of similarity between the Bel- 

 gian and the Suffolk breeds but the former has become most popular 

 throughout the country. 



THE SUFFOLK-PUXCH. 



This draft breed takes its tame from the county of Suffolk in 

 England where it has been bred for ai least 200 years after the pres- 

 ent type and color. Suffolks are uniformly of chestnut or sorrel color, 

 less in size than the Shire, or Clydesdale, somewhat sluggish in dispo- 

 sition, very easy keepers, long in body and on short, rather light-boned 



IMP. SUFFOLK STALLION RENDLESHAM STANDARD-BEARER. 



legs. Comparatively few of these horses have been imported to this 

 country and while useful in their own country they have not become 

 popular here or in Canada. Archibald McNeilage* says of the Suffolk 

 horse: "If purity of breeding and distinctness of type would alone 

 make a breed valuable, he ought to-day to be the most valuable draft 

 horse in the world. Instead of that, of British breeds he is the least 

 valuable, nor do I know of any instance in which he has been success- 

 fully used as one side in producing a cross-bred. For a dead pull in 

 the collar, the Suffolk-Punch has a proverbial reputation. As far as I 



♦Secretary of the Clydesdale Horse Society of Great Britain and Ire- 

 land. 



