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weight of body with a light step In greater degree than 

 any other draft horse. This makes him a good heavy- 

 weight farm horse. Certainly, also, he has more 

 beauty than any other draft horse, although the Belgian 

 comes near him In this respect. He is, moreover, 

 easily broken and very docile. 



Most Percherons are either gray or black, but there 

 are some bays, browns, chestnuts, and occasionally a 

 roan. 



There are a number of other draft breeds in France, 

 differing somewhat from the Percheron, the most Im- 

 portant of which are the Boulounais and the Nivernals. 

 These horses are like the Percheron, but a little larger 

 and somewhat coarser. 



The secretary of the Percheron Society of America 

 Is Wayne Dinsmore, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 

 Illinois. 



THE BELGIAN 



The Belgian draft horse is the only horse bred to 

 any extent in Belgium, and he has been nearly exter- 

 minated in that country during the present war. The 

 Belgian is like the Percheron, but even heavier and 

 more stocky, and his neck, though of the same char- 

 acter, Is usually somewhat shorter and not so handsome 

 as the neck of the Percheron. The Belgian Is the most 

 compact of all the draft breeds, his body being very 

 short, wide and deep. Like the Percheron, his legs 

 are short and free from the long hair of the Clydesdale 

 and Shire. He Is not quite so good In action as the 

 Percheron, his neck Is apt to be too short and heavy. 



