142 THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE 



Herman Biddell, the editor of the first Suffolk Studbook. Among 

 the horses of the last century that had much influence on the 

 development of the breed are Edward's Old Briton 490, Catlin's 

 Duke 296, Crisp's Fairhead's Boxer 405, Julian Boxer 755, Crisp's 

 Cupbearer 1416, Garrett's Cupbearer the third, and Foxhall. The 

 latter was imported to America by Galbraith Bros. 



The history of the Suffolk horse in America is rather re- 

 stricted, these horses being comparatively unknown in the United 

 States in the early eighties. In 1882 the editor of the National 

 Live Stock Journal wrote: " If some of these Suffolk horses could 

 be imported and bred alongside of the Shire and Clydesdale, it 

 would give an opportunity to see what would prove the best for 

 American purposes." In 1883 this same journal states that 

 Suffolks are finding great favor in Canada. However, Powell 

 Brothers of Pennsylvania imported the first stallions to the 

 United States in 1880. In 1888 Galbraith Brothers, of Janes- 

 ville, Wisconsin, made their first importation of stallions, while 

 the same year Peter Hopley & Company, of Lewis, Iowa, im- 

 ported the first mares. At the present time Galbraith & Son 

 and Peter Hopley & Son are the leading breeders and ex- 

 hibitors of Suffolks in the United States. 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. 

 A few Suffolk horses are now being imported, but the breed as 

 yet is but little known, and does not meet with rapidly growing 

 favor. At the 1904 International Live Stock Exposition an 

 exhibit of about a dozen Suffolk stallions and mares was made 

 by Peter Hopley & Son, the firm name being changed. 



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. 



The Suffolk has a tendency to small ears, the forehead is 

 broad, and the eyes are of medium size and only fairly prominent. 

 The nose tends to Roman form, which has been rather char- 

 acteristic of the breed. The jaws are rather strong and the 

 cheeks deep and full. The neck has something of an arch, in 



