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all off-colors. The Maltese is smaller than the 

 Catalonian, rarely being over 14 J hands high, but 

 is nice and smooth. The Majorca is the largest 

 of the imported jacks, the heaviest in weight, 

 bone, head, and ear, and frequently grows to 16 

 hands. These are raised in the rich island of Ma- 

 jorca, in the Mediterranean Sea. While they excel 

 in weight and size, they lack in style, finish and 

 action. The Italian is the smallest of all the im- 

 ported jacks, being usually from 13 to 14 hands 

 high, but having good foot, bone, and weight, and 

 some of them make good breeders. The Poitou is 

 the latest importation of the jack, and is little 

 known in the United States. He is imported from 

 France, and is reported to be the sire of some of 

 the finest mules in his native land. These jacks 

 have long hair about the neck, ears, and legs, and 

 are, in some respects, to the jack race what the 

 Clydesdale is to other horses. He is heavy set, has 

 good foot and bone, fine head and ear, and of 

 good size, being about 15 hands high. 



" The native jack, as a class, is heavier in body, 

 having a larger bone and foot than the imported, 

 and shows in his entire make-up the result of the 



