THE SUFFOLK HORSE. 



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lung room lay the foundation for a hardy constitution " 

 (Farmers' Advocate, Canada). " What the Suffolk breeder 

 aims at and the judge in the ring likes best, is a horse 

 i6J hands high, with great width fore and aft ; deep in 

 the rib from elbow to flank, with a back like a Southdown 

 ram and no diminution in width forward of the hips : 

 short legs and hard feet, a good swinging walk and well 



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Photo hyl [H. R. Gibbs, Kixgsland Road. 



Fig. 460.— Sir Walter Gilbey's Hackney Mare, Lady Keyingham. 



balanced movement all round. The graceful outhne is 

 rarely absent, for the plain head, the ewe neck and 

 drooped rump are no features of the Suffolk horse. Long 

 muscular shoulders widening out at the point from a 

 front view ; great width over the hips and massive quarters 

 are the distinguishing points in the show horse at home" 

 {Sir Cuthhert Quitter). 



The conformation which is most suitable to endurance 

 and which has been described on pages 232 to 236, is a 



