SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



their existence to the Darley (or other 

 two) Arabians, so does the Shire trace 

 his history to an animal called the 

 Packington Blind Horse, the services of 

 this horse apparently being in great 

 demand amongst the Shire farmers 

 about 1755, descendants of this horse 

 being Kirby, Old Mancetter, Wild's 

 Old Swelstone, Arnold's Brown George, 

 Old Leicestershire, Young Leicester- 

 shire, Young Drayman, Sultan, etc. 



Some forty-five years later another 

 famous entire, known as Wisemann's 

 " Honest Tom," was serving mares, and 

 many of the best Shires of to-day can 

 trace their pedigree in a direct line back 

 to this famous sire. 



POINTS OF THE SHIRE. 



General Appearance. — A stout 

 bodied, broad chested, short legged, 

 heav3^ horse, with long quarters and 

 strong loins, the hair of the mane 



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