186 THE HOESE BOOK. 



maelstrom witliout tlieir sires obtaining due 

 credit for tliem. Suli'olks are being bred suc- 

 cessfully in a number of the states and a ready 

 market is found for the surplus annually, while 

 a few are brou^'ht from Eno:land each rear both 

 by the big importers and by i3rivate individuals 

 who have tested the breed and discovered its 

 real merit. 



Proi3erly speaking the Suffolk is an agricul- 

 tural horse rather than a draft horse. He is in 

 spots and places large enough for truck work in 

 the great cities, but not as a rule is he used in 

 the lorry in Britain. Indubitably his size is in- 

 creasing from generation to generation and he 

 is in the hands of most careful breeders who are 

 pushing his interests in a most intelligent man- 

 ner. The Suffolk is worth more extended at- 

 tention by American breeders. 



THE LIGHT BEEEDS— THE THOROUGH- 

 BRED. ' 



Every improved breed of light horses owes 

 its betterment in greater or lesser degree to the 

 Thoroughbred or running race horse. This is 

 our oldest pure-breed, the inception of its im- 

 provement dating well back into the seventeenth 

 century. Briefly described the foundation of 

 the modern race horse was laid in the time of 

 the second Charles of England, to which head- 

 strong monarch, whatever else may be said of 

 him, are due the thanks of all humanitv for the 



