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British mainland. Among the latter may be mentioned the hardy and sure-footed, 

 but coarse and ugly Dartmoor breed; and the smaller long-haired race of Exmoor, 

 which are extremely active, and run nearly wild. The New-Forest ponies, again, 

 form a race which although ugly, large headed, and short necked, are hardy, sure 

 footed, and capable of bearing the roughest treatment. 



Cart Horses 



PERCHERON CART HORSE. 

 ( One-twentieth natural size. ) 



Under the title of cart horses may be included all the heavily-built 

 European breeds which originally contained no admixture of foreign 

 blood, and are specially adapted for heavy draught. In England there are four 

 chief races, known as the English black or Shire horse, the breeds of the north- 

 eastern counties, the Clydesdale, and the Suffolk punch. 



The old English black or Shire horse was characteristic of the fen districts and 

 some of the other midland counties from whence it has extended north and south, 

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