498 THE PEOPLE'* FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



ders favor the growth of large horses. The bleak and barren 

 Shetland Isles give us the diminutive pony of that region. 

 The climate, feed, and neglect have made the Canadian horse a 

 diminutive Norman, and though two centuries of neglect and 

 scanty fare have reduced the size, yet the stamina and hardi- 

 ness remain. A half century of selection of largest and best, 

 and breeding only such, and giving abundance of suitable feed 

 and exercise, will restore the plucky little Canadian to the size 

 of his Norman ancestors. 



As a base on which to build for improvement, Herbert says : 

 " By breeding the Canadian mare, or, still better, improved prog- 

 eny, to well selected thorough-bred horses, a very good roadster 

 and highly improved light carriage-horse will be the result, and 

 by breeding the female offspring of this cross again to the thor- 

 ough-bred of sufficient bone and size, we do not doubt that the 

 finest saddle-horses, phaeton horses, or light carriage-horses in 

 the world can be produced, nearly of the same style as the 

 Morgans, but superior to what the Morgans ever were in their 

 best day." 



The English Draft-Horse. The horses known by this 

 name in this country are known in England as cart or shire 

 horses. The term shire horse applies to all heavy horses of 

 England except those of Suffolk County. These are esteemed 

 as a special breed, and are called the SUFFOLK PUNCH. Their 

 origin is unknown. Some breeders claim them to be descended 

 from the Norman or Flanders race. They are sometimes in Eng- 

 land called the " Agricultural Horse." It is the draft-horse of 

 the Midland Counties. An elaborate table in Vol. I, of the 

 English Cart-horse Stud-book, shows something of the care long 

 taken in his breeding. The first horse of note was the " Packing- 

 ton Horse," named from the town in which he was owned. He 

 was in his prime about 1755. He traveled a number of years 

 and begot hundreds of valuable colts. The true Suffolk, like the 

 true Cleveland, is nearly extinct. But their virtues in compar- 

 ison with successors in their former places have called for an 

 effort to save them from becoming extinct from want of care in 

 breeding. In England horses are bred, not only to meet the 



