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SUFFOLK PUNCH 



The origin of this breed is obscure. Some have 

 supposed that his color indicates that the foundation 

 stock was produced by crossing stallions from France, 



FIG. 36. Suffolk Punch stallion 

 Property of Alex. Galbraith, Esq., Janesville, Wis. 



supposedly gray, and Suffolkshire mares, supposedly 

 bay, which, it is assumed, would produce sorrels. 

 Neither the form nor the color of this breed gives any 

 clear evidence of the breed having been formed by 

 such admixture. All over Great Britain, stout sorrel 

 horses have been common from time immemorial. 

 The crude material was at hand; all it wanted was 



