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ican trade as well. It would serve no good pur- 

 pose to enter into the merits of this controversy. 

 The fact remains that the white seems to be on 

 the increase and so far as this country is con- 

 cerned this is all the more to be regretted. If 

 the breeders of Britain desire to cater to the 

 trade of the people of the United States they 

 should breed more whole-colored horses. There 

 is no doubt of this. We do not like them all 

 splashed up with white, head, legs and belly. 



Starting obviously from approximately the 

 same foundation the breeders of the Shire and 

 Clydesdale, despite cross infusions back and 

 forth at times, which in contiguous countries 

 can not be avoided, have succeeded in evolving 

 two types which differ quite noticeably in the 

 main one from the other. It is not always pos- 

 sible to pick out Shires from Clydesdales or 

 vice versa, but taking the breeds as a whole 

 they are quite distinct. The only good reason 

 which can be assigned for this is the individual 

 preference of the breeders or, if you please, the 

 fashion. It can not be the environment, because 

 you can find in Scotland Clydesdales that look 

 like Shires and in England Shires that look like 

 Clydesdales, but neither is in favor in his native 

 land. 



One thing, however, the breeders in both 

 kingdoms have done — they have developed the 

 walk to a marvelous extent and a straightness 

 and trueness of action at the trot which is not 



