504 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



English black horse, and less weighty ; compact and muscular, 

 but they step out more freely, and have a more useful action 

 for ordinary labor." " They draw steadily, and are usually free 

 from vice." 



Now, as Mr. Low's work is accepted as highest authority in 

 description of domestic animals of the British Isles, his state- 

 ments are worthy of credence in this matter, rather than the 

 reckless assertions of dealers, who have assumed to instruct the 

 public, while advertising their stock. The statements of zealous 

 traders can safely be taken with discrimination. 



The fact is, the Scotchman and Englishman alike got the 

 size from Flanders stock. The Scotchman has, in his breeding, 

 developed speed or free motion, while the English breeders seem 

 to have lost sight of that, and have produced draft animals, 

 marvelous for strength and size, and slowness of motion. 



Boulonnaise and Conestoga. Before leaving the draft- 

 horses we should notice two other breeds, the BOULONNAISE and 

 CONESTOGA. The latter was, in the last generation, quite ex- 

 tensively bred in Pennsylvania, but since the days of better 

 roads, better vehicles and railways, his occupation of moving 

 ponderous loads on to market is gone, and a more active class 

 of horses have superseded it. The German emigrants of Penn- 

 sylvania gave the Conestoga preference. The breed was de- 

 scended from early importations from Flanders and Denmark, 

 and crosses on the stock found in the state. He was a 

 heavy roadster and a fair draft-horse. Some of the best 

 specimens were used for coach horses. As a class, they were 

 rather leggy and too long in the back. They are rarely met 

 now. The Clydes and Percherons have superseded them. 



The BOULONNAISE is the name given to a large type of 

 horse, weighing sixteen hundred to eighteen hundred pounds, 

 more clumsy than useful. The American demand for large, 

 French draft-horses has led some buyers to pick some of the 

 best of this stock from Boulogne and about Paris for the Ameri- 

 can market. They are mostly gray, but bays and blacks are 

 not uncommon. For heavy, slow draft they are said to be well 

 adapted. 



