HEAVY DRAUGHT 



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Nortliamplons''ire 



Clydesdale. 



Suffolk. 



his whole weight into the collar, with sufficient activity to do it effectually, 

 and hardihood to stand a long day's work. 



The present breed possesses many of the peculiarities and good qualities 

 of its ancestors. It is more or less inclined to a sorrel colour ; it is a 

 taller horse ; higher and finer in the shoulders ; and is a cross with the 

 Yorkshire half or three-fourths bred. 



The excellence, and a rare one, of the old Suffolk (the new breed has 

 not quite lost it) consisted in nimbleness of action, and the honesty and 

 continuance with which he would exert himself at a dead pull. Many a 

 good draught horse knows well what he can effect ; and, after he has at- 

 tempted it and failed, no torture of the whip will induce him to strain his 

 powers beyond their natural extent. The Suffolk, however, would tug at a 

 dead pull until he dropped. It was beautiful to see a team of true Suffolks, 

 at a signal from the driver, and without the whip, down on their knees in a 

 moment, and drag every thing before them. Brutal wagers were frequently 

 laid as to their power in this respect, and many a good team was injured 

 and ruined. The immense power of the Suffolk is accounted for by the 

 low position of the shoulder, which enables him to throw so much of his 

 weight into the collar. 



Although the Punch is not what he was, and the Suffolk and Norfolk 

 farmer can no longer boast of ploughing more land in a day than any one 

 else, this is undoubtedly a valuable breed. 



The Duke of Richmond obtained many excellent carriage horses, with 

 strength, activity, and figure, by crossing the Suffolk with one of his best 

 hunters. 



The Suffolk breed is in great request in the neighbouring counties of 

 Norfolk and Essex. Mr. Wakefield, of Barnham in Essex, had a stallion 

 for which he was offered four hundred guineas. 



The Clydesdale is a good kind of draught-horse, and particularly for 

 farming business and in a hilly country. It derives its name from the 

 district on the Clyde in Scotland, where it is principally bred. The 



