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never been tlie favorite of the rich fancier nor 

 has he ever enjoyed the patronage of any of 

 the monumental characters in the breeding busi- 

 ness, thoug'h his destiny has been guided by 

 some very shrewd men, yet he has made good 

 for many a poor man. 



THE SUFFOLK. 



Peculiar to the eastern counties of England 

 in general and the county of Suffolk in partic- 

 ular is the third of the British draft breeds — 

 the Suffolk, one of the most distinctive types 

 of the drafter known. It enjoys the unique dis- 

 tinction of having but the one color — chestnut. 

 This varies throughout all the different shades 

 of that generic hue from the dark liver to the 

 bright golden sorrel, with the most general 

 shade the medium sorrel, as we understand the 

 term in this country. Here and there white 

 markings are met with, but more rarely now 

 than formerly, the white being deemed objec- 

 tionable by the British breeders. Unlike the 

 other two breeds of drafters in Britain the Suf- 

 folk has a very clean leg with no more hair 

 about it than the Percheron. 



Regarding the origin of the Suffolk investi- 

 gators seem to have agreed that in its present 

 habitat there practically always has been a race 

 of chestnut horses. At least it was there back 

 in the beginning of the eighteenth centur}^ and 

 it does not appear that any infusion of foreign 



