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good. The collars used are not infrequently built up on 

 the sides and the hames extend well above the collars, 

 the ends being curved and furnished with bright metal 

 mountings, giving a brave look to the horse so much 

 admired by the Belgians. In harness the Flemish horses 

 have a massive and superlatively strong appearance, 

 especially when viewed from the front. They and their 

 congeners, the Belgians, are in common use on farms in 

 most parts of Belgium 1 ; but they are too large for Amer- 

 ican farm work, arid, above all, they do. not please the 

 American boy, who wants a horse that can pull anything 

 that is loose at one end or out -pull any other horse of 

 the same size, and out-trot and out-jump and out-run 

 any other horse in the settlement. He will become 

 weaned from this extreme notion, in time, and learn to 

 breed horses adapted to the soil on which they are 

 reared and to the specific work which they will be 

 called upon to perform. The Belgian draft will fill a 

 demand and find an appropriate place in the large man- 

 ufacturing cities. 



1 West Flanders and East Flanders are now provinces, or counties, 

 of Belgium, and not a distinct country. 



