Shires 



II 



Number of 



Clydesdales 



exported ia 



Year 



1884 



1885 



1886 



1887 



1888 



1889 



1890 



189I 



1892 



1893 

 1894 



189s 

 1896 

 1897 



Certifi- 

 cates 

 issued. 



500 



5M 

 600 

 920 

 1 149 

 1040 

 554 

 349 



158 

 110 



21 



15 



56 



57 



132 



Number of 



Clydesdales 



exported in 



Year 



1899 



1900 



I 90 1 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 

 1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



I9IO 



I9II 



I912 



I913 



Certifi- 

 cates 

 issued. 



250 

 178 

 167 

 266 

 411 

 536 

 653 

 I317 

 I 100 



531 

 1349 

 I53I 

 1617 



1348 

 837 



The ideal colour for Clydesdales is bay or brown, with a more 

 or less defined white mark on the face, dark-coloured fore legs, and 

 white hind shanks. Black is a little more common now than 

 formerly, but chestnut is hardly ever seen. 



The Clydesdale is a very active horse. The impression created 

 by a thoroughly well-built typical specimen is that of strength and 

 activity, with a minimum of superfluous tissue. 



Shires 



By WALTER CROSLAND 



There is no doubt that Shire horse breeding is not only main- 

 taining, but increasing, its popularity amongst the tenant farmers 

 of this country, and the widespread interest taken in this most 

 useful breed is abundantly shown by the liberal schedules and 

 well-filled classes at the numerous shows, held in every county 

 in England, and in several counties in the Principality of Wales. 



It must be borne in mind, however, that the Shire breed is not 

 by any means a new breed ; on the contrary it is one of great anti- 

 quity, and has been in existence, according to some writers, although 

 not in its present form, for over two thousand years. In this con- 

 nection, the antiquity of the breed is clearly proved in a most in- 

 teresting little work written by Sir Walter Gilbe)', entitled the Old 

 English War Horse, now known as the Shire, in which it is shown 



