CHARACTERISTICS OF SUFFOLK PUNCH 153 



some one with the instincts of a Bakewell to produce 

 a breed of sorrel, bay, black, or piebald color. This 

 breed should be none the less prized because little 

 or nothing is certainly known of its early history, 

 which began before the middle of the eighteenth 

 century. 



The Suffolks, like all other breeds of horses, have 

 been greatly improved during the last third of the 

 century just closed. The feet are now, as a rule, good. 

 The breed has more of the short, rotund build than 

 the two breeds previously mentioned, or the Percherons. 

 The number in the United States is relatively small as 

 compared with the Clydes and Percherons, although 

 the breed as a whole, as seen in America, strikes one 

 as having the ideal, harmonious proportion of parts, 

 and conformation which should indicate endurance and 

 power. A more extended test of them and their grade 

 offspring will fully reveal how much they have of 

 courage, with patience and endurance under severe 

 usage, both of which should be prominent character- 

 istics in any draft breed. The Clydesdales and Per- 

 cherons were first in the field, and, both being good, 

 it is not easy tc supplant them. 



Description. The color of the Suffolk is more uni- 

 form than that of most other breeds, being almost 

 invariably sorrel of some shade, not infrequently 

 so dark as to take on the semi -dappled, darkish, rich 

 chestnut hue. Not quite so tall or heavy as the Clydes 

 or Shires, but ranging in height from fifteen and one- 

 half to sixteen and one -half hands, and in weight from 

 1,400 to 1,800 pounds. The shoulders are of true draft 



