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THE CLYDESDALE HORSE. 
Tur CLYDESDALE IS Intermediate in size between the Suffolk and the 
dray-horse, but more active than cither. He is supposed to be bred from 
a cross of the Dutch or Flemish horse, imported by the Duke of Hamilton 
in the latter part of the last century, with the active descendants of the 
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pack-horses, which were retained in use longer in the north than in the 
south. He has an extremely neat head, a light neck, and a round midudle- 
piece, which is nevertheless very deep in the girth-place. A well-shaped 
horse of this breed, though higher than the Suffolk, appears to be on 
shorter legs, as is shown in the engraving, which represents a horse 
