THE DRAFT BREEDS OF HORSES 



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northeastern France, and resembles very much in type 

 and characteristics the Belgian draft horse. It is a very 

 blocky, compact breed of great usefulness for producing 

 heavy farm " chunks/' and one type is used largely as 

 heavy draft horses. Individuals of this breed scarcely 

 equal in size the Belgians, but are of the same general 

 stamp. The heads are strong, with small eyes and ears, 

 short, thick necks, heavy shoulders and short, thick and 

 compact bodies. The legs are short, of fairly good quality, 

 although the feet are high and narrow. The color of the 

 Ardennais is more frequently chestnut and roan than 

 anything else, although bay and brown are sometimes 

 found. Gray is not common and is not looked on with 

 favor. When imported into this country, horses of this 

 breed are eligible for registration in the stud-book of the 

 National French Draft Horse Association of America. 



11. Breton (Fig. 2). This breed of light draft or 

 general-purpose horses belongs to Brittany, in the western 

 part of France in a 

 section of country that 

 is much broken in sur- 

 face. 



In general, these 

 horses have intelligent 

 heads, clean-cut necks 

 of medium length, 

 beautiful, round, well- 

 muscled bodies with 

 short backs and rather 

 longer and straighter 

 croups than the other 

 French breeds, and with more quality in the legs and 

 feet, the latter being large and more rounded in form 



FIG. 2. Breton stallion. 



