476 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



The thorough-bred was bred for running. In his early his- 

 tory endurance and power were of more importance than speed. 

 It is to be regretted that, in the last half century, speed has 

 been the great desideratum, and to secure it there has been 

 a reduction in weight, the shoulders are lighter, the hips not so 

 broad, and the muscles finer. As a means of improving other 

 horses for the road and the farm, or for war, he has lost in pro- 

 portion as his stoutness has diminished. 



The farmer and the business man demand a horse that can 

 make himself generally useful. " Without high breeding, how- 

 ever, this is impossible," says Stonehenge. He thinks the En- 

 glish should interfere and prevent the diminishing of size and 

 quality of the thorough-bred in the mad effort to attain speed 

 only. Youatt likewise deplores the same evil. By careful 

 selection and breeding for the most powerful and lasting horse, 

 it is argued that England can furnish the model horse for busi- 

 ness, pleasure, and the cavalry, by use of thorough-bred sires of 

 stamina and substance. Stamina, or power to endure, comes 

 with the best breeding, as is indicated by the old proverb, " An 

 ounce of blood is worth a pound of bone." Stonehenge says : 

 " But, in spite of all this recognized superiority of blood, it is 

 indisputable that, for the highest degree of success, there must 



be not only high purity of 

 blood, and that of the .most 

 winning strains, but there must 

 also be a frame of the most 

 useful character if not always 

 of the most elegant form." 



Draft Horses. We now 

 come to a class of horses that 

 should interest every farmer, 

 teamster, and breeder of horses 

 for profitable use or sale. In the 

 history of thorough-breds we al- 



HEAD OF FRENCH HOUSE. hided to the Flanders hoi'SCS, 



and those of Normandy, and showed that they were important 

 factors in the improvement of even the ancient and power- 



