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than the Percheron or the Boulonnais. In color they 

 are dapple-gray, with very few exceptions. 



Brittany has been prominent in horse-breeding for 

 many years, although the animals bred are rather of 

 a miscellaneous type. The Breton horses are exceed- 

 ingly useful and of much the same general character as 

 the old-style Percherons, but are smaller and more refined 

 in type. Many of the Percheron stallions have been 

 taken into this district in recent years in an effort to 

 improve the breed in size and character. It is stated 

 by some historians that English races have been intro- 

 duced into this section, which possibly accounts for the 

 more luxuriant growth of hair about the legs. Repre- 

 sentatives of this type of horses are used very largely 

 in France as omnibus horses in the cities. They have 

 not been imported to this country to any great extent, 

 probably owing to their lack of size and weight. 



Representatives of this breed may be registered in the 

 stud-book of the National French Draft Horse Association 

 of America. 



12. Nivernais. The Nivernais is a breed of draft 

 horses of French origin. The horses are of large size, with 

 good length of neck, well-formed bodies of good length, 

 massive shoulders and hind-quarters, and very strong 

 bone, giving the legs a rather round appearance. They 

 are uniformly black in color. Seldom, if ever, is a gray, 

 brown or chestnut to be found. 



This breed of horses has been developed in the Depart- 

 ment of Nivernais, or Nievre, in central France, and is 

 one of the largest of the French draft horses. Its interests 

 have not been very carefully looked after, and the choice 

 specimens of the breed are not very numerous. It is 

 only within the past nine or ten years that an associa- 



