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so changed, both in France and Great Britain, as to 

 lose many of its original characteristics. Hence, not- 

 withstanding the fact that more or less of the blood 

 of the British and French draft -horses is of Flemish 

 origin, these modern breeds are justly entitled to the 

 names they bear, as they are a new production rather 

 than an improvement of the old Flemish breed. 



The memory of Mr. John Patterson, of Lochyloch, 

 Scotland, pioneer in draft -horse breeding, and Robert 

 Bakewell, pioneer in the breeding of mutton sheep, 

 should be honored and preserved; for they gave an 

 impetus to the improvement of live stock which is 

 still felt wherever superior farm animals are loved and 

 prized. Some time in the early part of the eighteenth 

 century, Mr. Patterson brought from England a Flemish 

 stallion, which is said to have so greatly improved the 

 draft-horses of Upper Ward as to make them noted 

 all over Scotland, and in portions of England. 



Description. The color of the modern Clyde is gen- 

 erally bay or brown, sometimes with and sometimes 

 without white markings, thougn blacks and sorrels are 

 occasionally seen. The white is usually confined to a 

 strip in the face, "blaze," and the lower part of the legs. 

 Formerly the colors were not so dark, nor were the 

 animals so well formed as they are at the present time. 

 They still occasionally retain some of their old charac- 

 teristics of shape and color. The flanks, the inside of 

 the thighs and the belly are frequently a light bay, 

 fading out in the less-exposed parts to a dun. The 

 Clyde belongs to the large breeds, the stallions weighing 

 from 1,500 to 2,000 pounds, and mares from 1,300 to 



