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style, and barrel-like form, are each conducive to his daily work, 

 especially in a hilly country. 



The Clydesdale horse owes its origin to one of the Dukes of 

 Hamilton, who crossed some of the Lanark mares with stallions 

 that he had brought from Flanders. 71ie southern parts of Scot- 

 land, and some of the English counties, are supplied from this 

 district; they make a great display at the Glasgow and Ruther- 

 glen fairs, where the dealers from the south go to meet them. 

 The Suffolk horse is another admirable breed of the English 

 draught-horse for the farm, the cart, or the lighter dray work. 

 Though peculiar to the county from whence they take their 

 name, they have of late years found their way into almost every 

 corner of the island. The old " Suffolk Punch " has now 

 become extinct. It was a thick short-legged description of horse, 

 with ratlier a plain head, and a short low forehead ; it could 

 nevertheless trot from seven to eight miles an hour in light 

 harness, and was usually ridden by the farmer. The Suffolk 

 horse is invariably chesnut, although of different shades ; there 

 being the dark, bright, silver-haired, and red chesnut; all of 

 these have their admirers ; the pale coloured being least fashion- 

 able. Since the formation of the East Suffolk Agricultural 

 Society in 1831 it is not uncommon at these meetings to see 

 upwards of 100 of the modern Suffolk horses shown for the 

 prizes, and all of a chesnut colour. It is generally allowed 

 that a material change has been made in the form and style 

 of this class of horse, but there are doubts among the older 

 heads if they are at all better than their forefathers of the punch 

 family, who were staunch and good at everything ; at any rate 

 good ones are more common now. The leading breeders of 

 this horse are Messrs. Badham, Barthropp, Crisp, Biddell,\Votton, 

 Williams, and Capron. The best horses are bred in the Wood- 

 bridge district. The earliest successful breeders were the late 

 Mr. Catlin and the late Mr. Crisp. 



Stallioxs for Agricultural Purposes. 



Class I. — The competition amongst aged horses was very great, 

 there being 28 entries. The first prize was awarded to Mr. G. 

 D. Badham, Suffolk, for his noted Suffolk horse " Emperor," 

 now 4 years old. This is a splendid horse, and hard to beat, 

 though this was done when competing for the special prize : 

 he girths 7 feet 8 inches. The second prize was awarded to 

 Mr. Berridge of Ingarsby, Leicestershire, for his 3-years-old 

 " Dishley black" horse, a descendant of the justly celebrated 

 black breed established by the late Mr. Bakewell of Dishley, 

 Leicestershire. This breed has been subsequently preserved by 



