CHAPTER IV 



THE SHIRE. 



There is no more popular and useful 

 variety of horse than the Shire, and 

 whenever a heavy weight has to be 

 drawn, the services of these animals are 

 in demand. 



For several generations the Shire has 

 existed as a distinct type of horse, and 

 as the name implies, the land of his 

 nativity was in the Shires, such as 

 Warwickshire, Lincolnshire, Derby- 

 shire, Leicestershire, Yorkshire, etc. 



Just in the same manner that the 

 modern thoroughbred and hackney owe 



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