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troubles referred to, and is five or six years old, with 

 good action and free from lameness, the writer would 

 certainly advise the purchase of such, with or without a 

 modification of price. 



So far no mention has been made of the feet, but the 

 old moral, " No foot, no horse," is as applicable to 

 Clydesdales as to any other horse. The feet must be 

 proportionate, sound in the wall and sound in the sole, 

 with the heels well open, strong bars, and a well-developed 

 foot-pad, or frog. As a rule the Clydesdale has good 

 feet, but exceptions are by no means uncommon. Anyone 

 wishing to purchase a Clydesdale of good breeding should 

 make apphcation to a breeder of repute, or else advertise 

 his requirements in some agricultural journal, such as, 

 for instance, the North British Agriculturist , or the 

 Scottish Farmer. It is not at all a bad plan to visit some 

 of the principal Scottish agricultural shows and confer 

 with breeders and exhibitors as to any animals which 

 they may have for sale, or else purchase a colt, say a 

 two-year-old, which has been exhibited at the show, 

 not necessarily one that has been in the prize list, as the 

 competition at many of the Scottish shows in the Clydes- 

 dale classes is often very keen, and good animals may 

 easily be kept out of the prize list. The prices of Clydes- 

 dales range from loo guineas up to several thousands, 

 but a fairly good specimen of this breed can be bought at 

 the average price of 150-250 guineas. 



The Suffolk 



The Suffolk, formerly known as the Suffolk Punch, is a 

 most excellent breed, and one that has always been 

 popular, but its popularity has been gradually increasing 

 during these last twenty years, and there is every prospect 

 of its further increase, although it has got a closely alhed 

 rival in the form of the French horse — the Percheron — 

 to which it bears a close resemblance. 



The Suffolk has been largely exported to the United 



