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blood which the French government brought to the district in 

 1820. The individuals weigh from 1600 to 2200 pounds, and 

 range in height from 15.3 to 17 hands. The usual colors are 

 gray and black, but others are chestnut, bay, brown, and roan. 

 The Percherons are intelligent, have good dispositions, and 



rhe American Saddle Horse 



possess average style for draft horses, with sufficient action for 

 their weight. Among other French breeds are the Boulonnais, 

 Nivernais, Bretons, and Ardennais, none of which are well 

 known in America. All of these breeds are known as French 

 Draft Horses. 



436. The Belgian. The Belgian horse is rapidly gaining in 

 popularity in America (Fig. 168). It has been developed from 

 the old Flemish horse with very little, if any > admixture of 



