SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



from the ' Suffolk Punch/ so-called from 

 his round ' punchy ' make, and des- 

 cended from the Norman stallion and 

 Suffolk cart mare. 



" The true Suffolk is now nearly 

 extinct. It stood from 15 to 16 hands, 

 and of a sorrel colour ; was large 

 headed, low shouldered, and thick on 

 the top ; deep and round chested ; long 

 backed, high m the croup ; large and 

 strong in the quarters ; full in the 

 flanks, round in the legs, and short in 

 the pasterns. It was the very horse to 

 throw his whole weight into the collar, 

 with sufficient activity to do it effec- 

 tually, and hardihood to stand a long 

 day's work 



" The Suffolk would tug at a dead 

 pull until he dropped. 



'* The immense power of the Suffolk 

 is accounted for by the low position of 

 the shoulder, which enables him to 

 throw so much weight into the collar." 



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