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of weight ranging from one thousand six hundred to two 

 thousand pounds, and specially adapted for heavy team- 

 ing, — include the Percheron, and French and Norman 

 Draft, originating in France; the Clydesdale, native of 

 Scotland; the English Shire and Suffolk Punch, of Eng- 

 land; and the Belgian Draft, native of Belgium. Of 

 these, the Clydesdale is perhaps more suitable than the 

 others for heavy farm work. They are fast walkers, in- 

 telligent, gentle, and easily broken. 



Heavy Carriage Breeds. — The Cleveland Bay, French 

 and German Coach and Hackney, constitute this class. 

 These breeds are large, active, and stylish, and, while 

 bred for heavy coaching, are well adapted for road or 

 farm work. The "grades" or "high grades" of the 

 Hackney, particularly, are highly valued, both for the 

 farm and for general driving. The use of sires of all 

 these breeds has proved of great value in improving our 

 common stock of horses. 



Thorough-Breds and American Saddle-Horses. — 

 "Thorough-bred" applies only to the English running- 

 horse — the American " thorough-breds " being either im- 

 ported from England, or the descendants of horses so 

 imported. This breed had its origin in the East, and 

 is the improved breed of the Arab, Turk, or Barbarian. 

 It is the oldest as well as the most noted of all breeds. 

 The best qualities of many breeds are due to a greater 

 or less admixture of thorough-bred blood. 



The American saddle-horse is a newly formed breed, 

 which was originated by a judicious mingling of the 

 blood of the thorough-bred with the pacer. 



The American Trotting-Horse. — This class, which 



