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cut this horse's leg somewhat. What would you have for a 

 draught horse? 



Dr. TwiTCHELL. I should want a straighter and heavier 

 leo; for a draught horse than for a driver. 



The Chairman. How much would you cut the horse for 

 draught, if you were measuring from the draught stand- 

 point? 



Dr. TwiTCHELL. I should want a straighter leg than we 

 have for the trotter, because the horse is built upon a differ- 

 ent plan all the way through. He is wider at the shoulders. 

 He has a straight shoulder ; he has a round belly. He has 

 a shorter step, shorter pasterns and a straighter leg. It is 

 not easy to describe the exact shape of the hind leg. If too 

 straight, there is danger of trouble to the front part of the 

 hock, and if crooked, to the back portion. In draught 

 stock a blockier form throughout is called for, and as the 

 motions are slower and the step shorter, the purpose being 

 to lift and propel the heavy load, the line of the leg should 

 not vary as much as with the driver. All the while we must 

 carry with us the thought of form adapted to purpose. Fix 

 types by breeding and selection. And, gentlemen, if you 

 have a mare who has in her veins Percheron or Clydesdale 

 blood, do not expect to breed trotters from her. We have 

 got to get out of that method of breeding and go to work 

 upon a single line. 



I want to mention a little incident rijjht here. A neiirh- 

 bor of mine has a fine Percheron mare. She trots in about 

 tvvo minutes and thirty-three seconds, and he has very tri- 

 umphantly undertaken to traverse this very doctrine which 

 we have heard here, — do not expect to breed from a cross- 

 blood mare of that character. But it was noticeable that the 

 standard-bred blood in that mare showed in her make-up 

 more than the Percheron. He l)reeds trotters from her, and 

 some family trotting horses, and he obtained a colt, and that 

 colt cannot trot in five minutes. It is evident that the mare 

 took her trotting qualities from her parentage on the trot- 

 ting side, not the Percheron side. 



The Chairman. Gentlemen, it is about time to adjourn. 

 Secretary Sessions has a few words to say, if you will give • 

 your attention. 



