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Farmer. This strain was in existence from 1780 to 1880, and at 

 one time was very popular. 



2. The Wright strain. This originated from a horse from 

 Lincolnshire known as Wright's Farmer's Glory, or the Attleboro 

 horse. He was a chestnut, clean limbed, and may have been a 

 half-bred Suffolk. This strain existed from 1800 to about 1880. 



3. Shadingfield strain. This came from the produce of a 

 trotting horse, the son of a Thoroughbred, and he also was a 



FIG. 52. A first-prize Suffolk stallion at the Royal Show, London, Eng- 

 land, 1904. Photograph from William Cooper & Nephews, Berk- 

 hamsted, England 



chestnut. This strain existed for about half a century, the last 

 being foaled in 1 846. 



4. Martin s Boxer strain. This appeared to be a Suffolk, though 

 he was not, being out of a " black blood mare." This strain never 

 obtained any foothold beyond two mares of remote breeding. 



These strains were all started to improve the breed, but they 

 presented deficiencies ; neither could they overcome the predom- 

 inant Suffolk blood and character. 



The history of the modern Suffolk horse is essentially a most 

 compact one. It deals with the development of the breed mainly 

 in Suffolk and vicinity by the farmers generally, and is very 

 well connected, largely due to the far-reaching investigations of 



