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that he will be purchased at a high price, but that the purchaser 

 will always feel satisfied with his bargain. 



Much has been said and written in this country about the 

 Percheron horses, and surely any one who will visit the animals 

 imported by the Massachusetts Agricultural Society, and now 

 standing at Mr. Motley's farm at Jamaica Plain, will realize the 

 fact that only one-half of the story has been told. They are 

 large, magnificent animals, of immense weight and power, and yet 

 with an activity that it is surprising to see in such a mass of flesh. 

 Of course, being large, they are large feeders, and " Orleans," 

 who weighs fifteen hundred pounds, would undoubtedly consume 

 as much as an average pair of farm-horses ; but, on the other 

 hand, he would probably draw a heavier load than the pair would, 

 and would draw it the same distance in less time. 



It is supposed that these horses originated in a cross of the old 

 horse of Normandy with the blood of the desert, originally intro- 

 duced into Spain by the Moors, and in the conflicts between Spain 

 and France, brought into connection with the blood of Normandy. 

 Certainly these horses, in their heads and in their action, show 

 many of the characteristics of the Arabian horse, and for heavy teams, 

 especially for city truck-work, it would be difficult to conceive of 

 better animals. Frank Forrester recommends, and the recommen- 

 dation seems to be a good one, that mares of this breed be crossed 

 with the thoroughbred English race-horse ; — certainly, for farm 

 teams or for carriage use, a combination of the size and lofty action 

 of the one, with the quickness, determination, and endurance of the 

 other, must produce the most satisfactory results. I cannot better 

 conclude these remarks on horse-breeding than by giving Frank 

 Forrester's summary : — 



" First. Size, symmetry, and soundness are mostly to be 

 " regarded in the mare ; — blood from the sire, beauty from the dam, 

 " is the golden rule. Second. She should have a roomy frame, hips 

 "somewhat sloping, a little more than the average length, wide- 

 " chested, deep in the girth, quarters strong and well let down, 

 " hocks wide apart, wide and deep in the pelvis. Third. In tem- 

 "per she should be gentle, courageous, free from all irritability 



