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THE HORSE 



tions, and which is discoverable in the manes and tails of very nian}^ of the 

 horses which claim to be j^Ji^-e Morgans. The peculiar characteristic, how- 

 ever, of these horses is the shortness of their backs, the roundness of their 

 barrels, and the closeness of their ribbing up. One would say that they 

 are ponies until he comes to stand beside them, when he is astonished to 

 find that they are oftener over than under 16 hands in height." Now 

 these are just the peculiar points of the Clydesdale cart-horse, as we shall 

 find in examining into that breed, when I come to treat of the English 

 horse, and as may at once be seen by an inspection of the engraving 

 accompanying the description of him. 



THE CONESTOGA DRAUGHT-HORSE 



The last on the list of American horses is that known under the above 

 name, which was given to it from being pi'oduced in the valley of Conestoga, 

 within the state of Pennsylvania. It is a very large muscular horse, often 



CONESTOGA DRAUGHT-HORSE. 



reaching to 17 hands and upwards, and closely resembling the heaviest 

 breeds of German and Flemish cart-horses. The early settlers of this part 

 of the United States were mostl}'- Germans, and they either brought over 

 with them some of the horses of their country, or else they have since 

 selected from those within their i-each the animals most i^esembling in 

 appearance their old favourites when in their fatherland. There is, how- 

 ever, no record of the origai of the breed, and all that can be done is to 

 describe it as it Dow exists. 



