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THE DIFFERENT BREEDS. 



trouble. The Hackney has made some remarkable records 

 as a trotter, and his courage and intelligence make him an 

 aristocrat among horses. Just at present the fad of fashion 

 seems to have turned his way, and probably one-half the 

 horses exhibited in the great horse shows of the country are 

 Hackneys. Their compact build, bright eye and high knee 

 action make them sought after for the carts and carriages of 

 the rich. 



THE DRAUGHT HORSE— THE FARMER'S HORSE. 

 Few men who buy horses will ask whether they are 

 Norman, Clyde, Belgian, Percheron or Suffolk. They only 



PERCHERON BROOD MARE. 



seek large, handsome, good horses, reasonably sound, with 

 free action, and will pay good money and be glad to get 

 them. They are all grand horses, and except for the heavily 



