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The Horse iNDrsiKv ik A'kw York Stati 



I'lIK BKKTO.\ 



These horses are bred principally in the Finistere and Coles 

 du Nord districts, the most eastern department of France. The 

 Breton horses are manv colors: chestnnt, bay, i-oan, gray, and 

 black with some white markings. They average in weight be- 

 tween ],;300 and 1,500 ponnds, and the average height is from ir. 

 to IG hands. They are smooth and active. They conld l)e called 

 more of the general pnrpose than the draft type, and, like all of 

 the other French horses, are clean and free from hair or feathers 

 on the legs. 



THE ARDEXNAIS 



The Axdennais is the smaller type of Belgian horse bred in 

 southern Belgium and in northern France, principally in the 

 provinces of Nord, Ardennes, and lleurthe et Moselle. They are 

 not so large as some of the other French breeds, but are of the 

 deep-bodied, short-backed Belgian type and quality. The Arden- 



FiG. 22 Peize Collection of Ardenxais Mares Owned uv 

 M. (tAbet and Tamboise, Pakis Show, June, 1914. 



{Photo by E. S. Akin, Syracuse, N. Y.) 



nais country wliere these horses are bred and used is poor and 

 mountainous; a country where a draft horse of medium size, verv 

 active and of great endurance, is needed. Of ;,11 the Europeiiu 

 draft breeds I believe the Ardennais horse Avould be especially 



