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The Horse Farrier. 



A CLYDESDALE HOUSE. 



Fifty years since, the coach horse most in repute in England 

 was obtained by crossing the Cleveland mare with a three-fourth 

 or a thorough bred stallion. They are much used on the coach 

 es in England, and their average speed is about ten miles per 

 hour. Some of these horses have been imported into the State of 

 New York, and within the past ten years into Maryland. They 

 h;ive not been hwd fruiu sufficiently as yet, to warrant a confident 

 o|<'nion as to the character of the animals produced by the cross 

 with our native stock. It seems, however, fair to presume that 

 t'u-v will prove valuable horses for heavy farm woi'k, and for 

 ail purposes of quick but heavy draft. 



Thc Clydesdale Horses are deservedly esteemed for the cart 

 and fur the plow on heavy soil. They arc strong, hardy, steady, 

 true pullers, of .sound constitution, and from fourteen to sixteen 

 hands high. They are broad, thick, heav}^, compact, well made 

 for (hrra))ilit3', health, and power. They have sturdy legs, strong 

 shoulders, back, and hips, and a light face and head. 



THE MORGAN HORSE. 



This American variety of horse is, perhaps, held in higher es- 

 timation; and has obtained a greater celebrity than that of any 

 otlier in the United States, particularly in the Northern and Eas- 

 teiu States ; and, we think, the fact would sustain the assertion, 



