THE VERMONT DRAUGIIT-IIORSE. 67 



The Yermont draught-horse, and the great Pennsylvania 

 horse, known as the Conestoga horse, appear in some considera- 

 ble degree to merit the title of distinct families ; inasmuch as 

 they seem to reproduce themselves continually, and to have 

 done so from a remote period, comparatively speaking, within 

 certain regions of country, which have for many years been 

 furnishing them in considerable numbers to those markets, for 

 which their qualities render them most desirable. 



With the limited information at present accessible as to the 

 origin and derivation of these various families, nothing more 

 can be done in the present work than to describe the charac- 

 teristic points of the breeds in question ; and, by comparison 

 with existing foreign races, to approach conjecturally the blood 

 from which they are derived, and also the manner in which they 

 have been originated, where they are now found. 



THE VEBMONT DRAUGHT-HORSB. 



No person familiar with the streets of New YorV /an have 

 failed to notice the magnificent animals, for the most part dark 

 bays, with black legs, manes, and tails, but a few browns, and 

 now and then, but rarely, a deep, rich, glossy chestnut, which 

 draw the heavy wagons of the express companies in that city. 

 They are the very model of what draught-horses should be ; 

 combining immense power with great quickness, a very respect- 

 able turn of speed, fine show, and good action. 



These animals have almost invariably lofty crests, thin withers, 

 and well set-on heads ; and, although they are emphatically 

 draught-horses, they have none of that shagginess of mane, tail, 

 and fetlocks, which indicates a descent from the black horse 

 of Lincolnshire, and none of that peculiar curliness or waviness 



