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run as large as the Shire and have proved 

 themselves eminently well suited for crossing 

 on rather small mares, on the ranch and else- 

 where. Their progeny is wonderfully uniform 

 and they make most excellent workers. It is 

 doubtful if there is in the entire list of draft 

 breeds one which has a better disposition or 

 greater tractability. In their native land it is 

 the custom of their drivers to break these horses 

 to work entirely without reins. In the plow, on 

 the road, in the show ring, you may see them 

 often hitched three tandem guided by one man 

 and not a rein in sight. For simple Endurance 

 it is again questionable if this breed is sur- 

 passed. In that part of England where they 

 are used it is the custom to hook up the Suffolks 

 as early in the morning as the daylight will per- 

 mit and keep them plowing continuously until 

 the daylight fades. 



It is on account of their docility and good 

 tempers that the Suffolks are sought for cross- 

 ing on range mares. In addition to putting neat 

 bodies on their foals, arching up the neck and 

 making them generally desirable in point of 

 conformation, the Suffolk stallions almost in- 

 variably imbue their get with such even tem- 

 pers that the breaking process is comparatively 

 simple. On account, however, of the clean legs 

 and the common chestnut color the foals by Suf- 

 folk stallions have no distinguishing marks and 

 hence are swept into the great commercial 



