ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLoGY. 5 



For heavy draft purposes, the French Percheron and Eng- 

 lish Clydesdale are the most distinctive types. The former are 

 usually of gray color and the latter bay or brown. These are the 

 familiar heavy dray-horses; they weigh from 1,200 to 2,000 

 pounds, and are the most popular heavy work-horses in the 

 United States. 



The English Shire horse is very similar to the Clydesdale, 

 and the French draft and Norman horses to the Percheron. 

 The Belgian and Flemish draft-horses are more ponderous 

 than either of the above breeds, and for that reason, probably, 

 have not caught the American horse-users' fancy. 



The coach-horses are bred for moderate speed, while 

 drawing fairly heavy loads. They are over sixteen hands high, 

 and weigh from 1,100 to 1,300 pounds. The best-known breeds 

 are the English coach, the French coach, and the Cleveland 

 bay. The last named is a breed developed in the United States. 

 These horses are not pure-bred, but are carefully bred from 

 selected individuals. 



The hackney is a breed of driving-horses of English origin 

 very popular in the United States. They are stocky, strong, 

 active horses, full of courage and good temper, smaller than the 

 coach-horses, and much less rangy in build. Fashion demands of 

 them an exaggerated knee action when in motion and a peculiar 

 stretched-out pose when at rest. 



The hunter is a saddle-horse of good size, with a strong 

 thoroughbred cross, good at jumping, and with excellent wind. 

 There is no particular breed of hunters. They are simply se- 

 lected individuals that have proven to be useful in cross-country 

 galloping. It is performance that makes a hunter. 



The polo pony is another type of saddle-horse that depends 

 absolutely on his individual performances to make him of any 

 value in his class. Excellent polo ponies are bred from small 

 mares of the mustang type by Arabian or Spanish barb sires. 



