42 THE HORSE 



majority of horse masters in search of an animal moulded 

 upon lines which render it specially suitable for shifting 

 anything up to three-quarters of a ton at a slow trot. 



As an agricultural horse for working on light land the 

 breed is pre-eminently suitable, but on hill farms, or 

 especially if the land is heav}^ the Clydesdale is a much 

 more suitable horse. 



The vSuffolk is a good thriver, durable, remains work- 

 ably sound under ordinary conditions as well as any other 

 variety, and for the lighter work of a contractor it would 

 be impossible to suggest the purchase of any better 

 breed. Select a gelding at six or seven years old, and get 

 the animal whenever possible direct from a good stud, 

 there being many of these in the county of Suffolk, from 

 which county most of the best specimens have been derived. 



Prices of Suffolks vary, but a good one can be bought 

 for about 150 guineas. 



The Percheron 



This is a continental variety of horse and exists in three 

 grades, namely, the light, the medium, and the heavy, 

 and, as stated in the previous page, it bears a strong 

 resemblance to the Suffolk and the Boulonnaise. 



The Percheron horse is, however, chiefly bred up to one 

 standard, namely, that suitable as a vanner or gunner 

 horse, resembling in all particulars our own Suffolk. 



The French horse has received a great deal of notice 

 since 19 14 by British horse masters, but for generations 

 prior to this time the United States, Great Britain, and, 

 maybe, certain Colonies kept these horses, bred from 

 them, and used them also for mating with the native 

 horses of their countries. This is one reason why so 

 many of the hght draught horses (Army classification) 

 possessed a good deal of the Percheron conformation com- 

 bined with some of the poor qualities of the Colonial horses. 



The British Percheron Horse Society was recently 

 founded for the purpose of introducing into the United 



