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silkiuess, straightness and length of " feather," which is confined to 

 the back of the leg and does not spread to the side ; general beauty 

 and symmetry, though there is a tendency in some members of the 

 breed to shortness in the back-ribs and consequent lightness in the 

 barrel ; good sloping shoulders and short muscular loins and back, 

 which last sometimes appears hollow because of the height of the 

 powerful well-fleshed withers. In action the hocks should move 

 closely together, and the hind toes turn slightly outwards, but not 

 sufficiently to throw out the stifle joint. Wideness at the hocks, 

 more common with stallions than mares, implies weakness of the 

 loins and tends to grow worse with age or after a period of service ; 

 the joints of the limbs should be large and clear, and the large 

 round feet substantial, smooth, shortened at the toes and well 

 arched below, without any trace of thinness or flatness. 



Clydesdales Abroad. Clydesdales have been in demand for many 

 parts of the world for over 50 years and a great many were 

 exported to Australia and New Zealand from the middle to the end 

 of the last century. In the years subsequent to 1880 a great number 

 were exported to the United States and Canada ; the trade then 

 fell away, but since the beginning of the present century the demand 

 from Canada has been steadily increasing, and last year (1911) out of 

 a total of 1,617 pure Clydesdales exported, 1,349 went to Canada, 

 the remainder being distributed among the United States, Russia, 

 New Zealand, Argentine, Australia, South Africa, Sweden and 

 Hungary. 



THE SUFFOLK. 



The Suffolk " Punch " was named from its native county and from 

 the thick-set body on short legs of the early form of the present 

 breed, though it now attains a height approaching that of the Shire 

 or Clydesdale. Its most conspicuous points of difference from the 

 Shire and Clydesdale are its chestnut colour and its freedom from 

 the abundance of long hair on the legs. The absence of this hair 

 makes the Suffolk look rather heavy for its legs hi the eyes of 

 those accustomed to the other breeds, but actual measurement 

 shows that it is not unduly short of bone, which, moreover, is of good, 

 hard quality and stands the test of hard work. The breed is also 

 famous for f ruitf ulness and longevity, and for a docile but courageous 

 disposition and even-tempered willingness to work. 



The natural gameness shown by the indomitable continuous 

 effort which the Suffolk horse is willing to make at a dead pull 

 even beyond his strength, has been inherited. His ancestors were 

 pitted against each other in " draw-matches," and the soft dis- 

 position which refused to try honestly would naturally be 

 eliminated by the usual process of selection. This inherited 

 quality is also seen in the young horses taking kindly to work and 

 requiring little breaking. 



Characteristics of the Breed. -A publication issued in 1880 by the 

 Suffolk Horse Society (founded 1877) says : " The Suffolk horse is 

 an excellent mover with a smart quick &tep, a true balance all 

 round at the trot, and a capital walker." The hoofs are well 

 shaped, and hereditary diseases of the feet, once not uncommon 

 in the breed, have been eliminated as far as possible, by carefully 



