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THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE 



Lewis, Iowa, the same year imported the first mares. At the 

 World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893 a few Suffolks 

 were exhibited, mainly by Peter Hopley & Company, although 

 B. Ramsey of Iowa and Mossom Boyd & Company of Canada 

 also exhibited. In 1903 forty-one head were imported to America. 



FIG. 62. Sudbourne Count (3257), a typical Suffolk stallion. From photograph, 

 by courtesy of Fred Smith, secretary of Suffolk Horse Society, England 



At the 1904 International Live-Stock Exposition an exhibit of 

 about a dozen Suffolk stallions and mares was made by Peter 

 Hopley & Son. In recent years the breed has been gaining in 

 favor in America, though slowly, and importations have continued 

 in a small way. 



Characteristics of the Suffolk horse. This breed has long pos- 

 sessed certain distinctive features, quite marked in contrast with 

 other breeds. The following are worthy of special consideration : 



