The Draft 1Ior.se. 21 



ihey have been orossci wilh tlie English race horse, with 

 » ery decided benefit. ^lany pacers are found among them, and 

 these make excellent saddle horses for short journeys, and are 

 sometimes very fast, for a short distance. No pacing horse can 

 maintain a high rate of speed for a long time. Some of them 

 have proved fast trotters, but have generally shown some traces 

 of racing blood. Moscow, formerly owned by Gen. Dunham, 

 v.'as a Canadian horse, bred near the head of Lake Champlain. 

 He was one of the fastest horses in the country at that time. It 

 is said that his dam vras by Sir Walter, a thorough bred horse. 



Canadian horses aje long lived, easily kept, and exceedingly 

 hardy and good tempered. They make excellent horses for woik 

 on the farm, and when hur-e enouLih, are good for heavy diaft. 



They are usually from l.'J l-'2 tol4 1-2 hands high, and weigh 

 from 800 to 1000 lbs. Considerable numbers of these horses are 

 shipped every year to the Southern States, and to the West Indies 

 where they are used to cultivate cot'. on and sugar. 



DRAFT HORSES. 



We have in the United States no distinct breeds of draft hors- 

 es, and very little attention is now paid to breeding horses that are 

 ■ adapted solely to purposes of draft The Cancstago horses, bred 

 chiefly' in Pennsylvania, are the nearest approach to this, and pri- 

 or to the construction of railroads they were in much demand. 

 Like the English draft hoiscs, the}'^ are descended principally from 

 the Flemish horses, crossed with varieties of the English, which 

 have at various times been imported. The demand for these hor- 

 ses has of late years almost entirely ceased, and the breed are rap- 

 idly disappearing They are generally bay, and sometimes brown 

 or black, but rarely any brighter color. They arc often over sev- 

 enteen hands high. The quarters are generally good, the shoul- 

 ders ample and well placed, the neck rather long and the hear! 

 good. The limbs are usually well shaped, but are often too long, 

 and they are inclined to be too light in the bressel. They are 

 dull travelers. Few horses exhibit greater docility and tractability, 

 and their patience in bad spots, and unwavering willingness to 

 exert themselves, rend(;r them very valuable for purposes of slow 

 draft. In some parts of the countr}" draft horses are bred by 

 crossing mares of the common stock with stallions imported from 

 Europe. 



The Cleveland Bay Horse is now nearly extinct. They 

 are distinguished by their good figure activity and great strength. 

 They have been known to carry more than 700 lbs. 60 miles in 

 24 hours, and to perform this journey four times in a week, and 

 mill horses have carried 900 lbs. for 3 miles. 



