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States, where, we believe, it has given every satisfaction. 

 As a heavy draught horse it is particularly valuable for 

 artillery purposes, and it has been in considerable demand 

 during the recent war. In a gun team the Suffolk 

 materially added to the utility and the appearance of the 

 team, and very rarely failed to satisfy the requirements. 



It is an invaluable horse for working on the land. For 

 quick work with mioderately heavy draught in town it 

 has no superior, and certainly very few equals, conse- 

 quently we find this breed of horse taking its place in 

 some of the finest cart studs in England. There are many 

 enthusiastic breeders of Suffolk, and excellent prices 

 have been obtained within recent years for animals sold 

 at the various dispersal sales. 



As the name impHes the Suffolk originated in the 

 county of its name several centuries since, and has always 

 been famious for its remarkable powers of draught, 

 activity, cleanness of limb, and soundness of constitution. 

 As a rule they are good-tempered animals, but there are 

 exceptions as in every other breed. The typical colour 

 is chestnut, with or without silver hair in the mane and 

 tail, but this must not be sufficient to give the animal a 

 roan appearance. Commonly the pasterns and lower 

 part of the legs are white, with blaze on the face. The 

 correct height is kbout i6-i. The Suffolk Horse Society 

 has done a great deal towards the improvement of this 

 breed through the registration of pedigrees, and the 

 various strains of Suffolks have, for many years, been 

 kept in a state of purity. One of the outstanding features 

 of the breed is the low position of the shoulders, the 

 highly developed muscles in this region, and the great 

 depth of the chest. 



The Suffolk is a heavy-bodied horse, but exceptionally 

 clean hmbed ; in fact the latter characteristic is only 

 observed in the Percheron, the Boulonnaise, and the 

 breed now under consideration. 



It is a variety of horse that commends itself to the 



