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to the criticism of being deficient in quality and too slug- 

 gish in temperament. In general, they may be considered 

 to be of heavier weight than the Clydesdale, although 

 the difference is not likely to be great between represen- 

 tative animals, as the following weights and measure- 

 ments of two prize- 

 winners will indicate : 

 Vulcan (4145), a Shire 

 stallion that was 

 champion at the 

 London Shire Show, 

 in 1889 and 1891, 

 when eight years old 

 weighed 2240 pounds 

 in show condition ; 

 height, 17 hands; 

 girth, 8 feet 7 inches; 

 around fore-arm, 2 

 feet 7 inches; around 

 bone below knee, 12 

 inches. Flashwood 

 (3604), a Clydesdale FIG. 6. -Shire stallion, 



stallion that was first 



at the Glasgow Spring Stallion Show, in the same years 

 and months that Vulcan was first-prize stallion at the 

 London show, and at the same age (eight years), weighed 

 2240 pounds; height, 17 hands; girth, 8 feet; around 

 fore-arm, 20 inches; around bone below knee, 11 inches; 

 above hock, 21^ inches ; and below hock, 12 J inches. In 

 the best types the legs are strong, bone flat with a 

 " feather " of fine hair on the rear of the cannons, below 

 the knees and hocks. The feet are large and somewhat 

 flatter at the heel than is desired. 



