CHAPTER VIII 



THE SUFFOLK. 



THIS is a particularly useful breed of horse for heavy 

 haulage, when it is desirable to have the work done 

 at a pace quicker than that of the ordinary cart horse. 

 The Suffolk has always combined the qualifications of the 

 " heavyweight " and the "lighter" weight — an unique combina- 

 tion, and one that should always make the Suffolks a popular 

 variety of horse amongst agriculturists, millers, contractors, 

 brewers, mineral water manufacturers, carriers, and for 

 artillery purposes, etc. 



Not only is the Suffolk useful as a " pure " bred animal, 

 but as a " cross," and the best results may be looked for more 

 especially for breeding vanners. Anyone wanting to breed 

 " van " horses should turn to the Suffolk entire, and mate him 

 with sound mares, either of a light small type (for light vanners), 

 or with a cart mare for the production of heavy vanners. It is 

 the low position of the powerful shoulders that confers remarkable 

 pulling powers upon the Suffolk. Some two hundred years 

 since this breed was distinctive, and noted for the qualities that 

 it possesses in the present day. 



To a horse foaled during 1760, the present Suffolk can be 

 traced in the male line, and there is every reason for believing 

 that the Suffolk horses of to-day are quite equal, or even 

 superior, to their ancestors. 



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