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THE LANARK OR CLYDESDALE HORSES. 



WE are informed by Dr. Anderson,, that there is 

 a breed of draft Horses reared in Scotland, and 

 known by the name of Lanark or Clydesdale Horses, 

 which, if possible, are still more valuable than the 

 above. They are lighter in their body, and in all 

 respects more elegantly formed. Their limbs are 

 clean and sinewy, their neck longer, their head of 

 finer form, and their eyes more sprightly and ani- 

 mated. Their tread is firm, with considerable acti- 

 vity, and they are capable of exerting a wonderful 

 degree of muscular strength for a short push, with- 

 out being injured by it. This renders them pecu- 

 liarly estimable in the hilly country, where they 

 are chiefly found, and where there is a necessity 

 for calling forth such exertions on numerous occa- 

 sions. They are hardy, can live upon almost any 

 food, and are, perhaps, the thriftiest Horses for the 

 cart or plough that are to be found in these 

 islands*. 



As to the English Saddle Horses, they are 

 in great request in many countries of the con- 

 tinent, from the circumstance of their uniting 

 superior action, with strength, proportion, and 

 beauty. No people in the world are so fond of 



* Anderson's Recreations in Agriculture, &c. iv. p. 241. 



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