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points they have sacrificed much in size of bone, weight and 

 ruggedness of their horses. 



Of the draft breeds the Clydesdale was among the earliest to 

 be imported into the United States, and in the eighties the Scot- 

 tish drafter was the most important and numerous of the heavy 

 breeds , in our show ring, but the fact that the American and 

 Scotch trade require a different draft type, together with the 

 fact that Clydesdale breeders in the United States and Canada 

 have beaten the Scotchmen at his own game, has practically elim- 

 inated Clydesdale importation. 



Fig. 38. Clydesdale Mare, Havistotjn Baroness, Cham- 

 pion, Highland Show, Scotland, 1912; International, 

 Chicago, 1912-13. Owned by Fairholme Farms 

 (Photo by H Udehrand , Chicago, III.) 



Some of the most intelligent and progressive men ever con- 

 nected with the draft horse business have been among the earlier 

 supporters of the Clydesdale. Upholders of this breed are now 

 less in number, but have among them some men of unlimited 

 ■means w^ho are enthusiastic Clydesdale advocates, and are doing 

 much in the agricultural press and show ring to make their 

 favorite breed more popular in the eastern states. Clydesdales 

 have been the Canadian draft breed for the past fifty years. This 

 is only natural in a country so closely in sympathy with British 



