FLEMISH HORSE 
value, not so much from the outward form which is obtained by the cross, but from the 
mental characteristics that are transmitted through a series of generations. The reader may 
remember that in the case of the greyhound, a bull-dog cross was introduced in order to 
impart courage and determination to a breed that had sacrificed everything to speed, and 
that although the bull-dog form was totally eradicated in a few generations, the bull-dog 
spirit remained. ; 
Thus with the Suffolk Punch. Some of the best carriage Horses have been obtained 
by crossing the Suffolk Punch with a thorough-bred hunter, so as to unite the excellences 
of the two animals, eiving speed and rapid force to the draught Horse, and the power of 
pulling to the hunter. 
AN elephant among Horses, the mixed Flemish and Black Draught Horse is familiar 
to all Londoners as drawing the heavy drays on which beer is conveyed from the breweries 
to the purchaser. 
This enormous animal is really needed for his pectliar work, althoueh a natural 
emulation that exists between the different firms leads them to rival each other in the 
size and magnificence of their dray Horses, as well as in the excellence of their beer. It 
is a general idea that the dray Horses derive their huge bulk from being fed on grains and 
permitted to drink beer, and that the draymen owe their large proportions and rubicund 
aspect to similar privileges. Such is, however, not the case, as the Horses are bred 
especially for the purpose, and the men are chosen with an eye to their jovial aspect. It 
would never answer for a brewer to keep a poor, wizened, starveling drayman, for the 
public would immediately lay the fault on the beer, and transfer their custom elsewhere. 
