CHAPTER IX 

 THE BREEDS OF HORSES 



THE breeds of horses may be classified, according to the 

 market classes, to the types of which their representations 

 conform, as follows : 



Draft 



Percheron 



Belgian Heavy Harness 



Clydesdale 



Hackney 

 French Coach 

 German Coach 



Shire 

 Suffolk 

 Light Harness American Standardbred 



Saddle I Thorou g hbred 



1 American Saddle Horse 



f Shetland 

 Pony Welsh 



[ Hackney 



167. The Percheron. The typical Percheron (Fig. 71) 

 is distinguished from the representatives of the other draft 

 breeds by characters which can be attributed, primarily, 

 to the hot blood in the breed's foundation and to the fact 

 that these horses were originally bred for rapid draft 

 service. Percherons do not possess the scale and sub- 

 stance of the Shire, the extremely drafty form of the 

 Belgian, the broad, flat, straight hocks, sloping pasterns 

 and accurate way of going of the Clydesdale, nor the usual 

 good rib and the uniform coloring of the Suffolk. They 



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