THE BREEDS OF HORSES 



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pecially at the trot. Roan, chestnut, bay and brown are 

 the prevailing colors, although black and gray occur. 



169. The Clydesdale. The Clydesdale (Fig. 73) is 

 distinguished by a mechanical perfection in locomotory 

 apparatus which is not generally equaled by representa- 



FIG. 74. A Shire stallion. 



tives of other draft breeds. The set of the legs, the 

 slope of the pasterns, the quality of the bone, combined, 

 as it is, with ample substance, and the straight, free, 

 springy, yet powerful stride are most characteristic of this 

 breed. However, such a stride is impossible in a horse of 



