12 WIDE DISTRIBUTION. 



harmonize with the quality and action of the animal. The most 

 general fault of the Clydesdale's form is, not being deep enough in 

 the barrel for a cart horse, and too long in the legs. Shortness of 

 body has been much aimed at by the breeders, and is too often 

 accompanied with a tucked up back rib, better suited for a race 

 horse. No horse is more easily broken to his work, and in the 

 hands of a Scotch ploughman lie usually takes well to the collar. 

 With good treatment the temper is good, but it is not easy or 

 placid, and under noisy, blustering, passionate drivers, the horse 

 suffers much, and tears himself to pieces. 



19. — Next to the Thoroughbred, the Clydesdale can claim 

 to have been well sought wherever the English language is 

 spoken. The great English iirm of carriers, Pickford and Co., 

 are said to engage the exclusive services of a horse dealer in 

 Scotland to purchase these horses wherever he can. Agents are 

 often sent fi'om the South of England to purchase Clydesdale 

 stallions for the use of particular districts. In Canada the same 

 sire has everywhere left his mark. In the United States the 

 now fashionable Percheron is making a change, but still the 

 Clydesdale head is often seen even on the G-rey trotters. In 

 Australia he continues to gain ground, whilst in New Zealand he 

 is more exclusively used, is bred with as much care, is about as 

 numerous, and averages a higher standard than in Scotland 

 itself. 



20. — In no part of the world have we seen the capabilities 

 of this horse tested as they now are in some parts of the 

 antipodes of his own country. 



On a large farm, on which twelve thousand acres are 

 cultivated, in the South of New Zealand, we have seen these 

 horses at work in teams of six, drawing a treble furrow plough, 

 and turning over five acres of good wheat land six inches deep, 

 in eight hours. The lands were more than a mile long, and 

 the pace so fast, that men could not be got to walk behind the 

 horses. This was met by a simple contrivance of a little one- 

 Avheeled carriage, fixed behind the plough, in such a position that 

 a man could ride within reach of his steering handle. The 

 teams started at 8 a.m., and left the field at 5 p.m., getting a 



