140 THE HORSE 



Almost nothing is known of the method by which 

 the blood of the original Black Horse of Europe was 

 transformed into the Flemish draft -horse. Suffice it to 

 say, at an early period, a heavy, rotund, short -legged 

 draft-animal, somewhat similar in type to the Clydesdale 



FlG. 29. Lord Stewart, Clydesdale stallion 

 Seaham Harbour Stud, Seaham Harbour, England 



of the present day, had been developed in Flanders. 

 These, or their progeny, in a more or less pure form, 

 appear to have been used to give the desired weight 

 and form to nascent varieties of heavy horses in Great 

 Britain and France, and probably in other European 

 countries as well. However, the Flemish type has been 



