NOT OF THE DRAFT TYPE 



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type, but had, without doubt, some of the character- 

 istics of the horses which later were used to give 

 style, stamina and speed to more phlegmatic varieties. 

 The large number of eastern horses secured as a part 



PIG. 38. Success. 



Owned by M. W. Dunham, Wayne, 111. 



An indifferent picture of an historical Percheron before the breed assumed 

 the heavy-draft type 



of the spoils of victory must have had a marked 

 influence on the native horses of France. As time 

 went on, agriculture improved, the care of the horse 

 and his food became better and more abundant, and 

 the natural result followed larger and better horses. 



