28 THE HORSE, 



land in a day than any one else, tliis is undoubtedly a valuable 

 breed. 



"The Duke of Tlichniond obtained many excellent carriage 

 horses, with strength, activity, and figure, by crossing the Suf- 

 folk with one of his best hunters. 



" The Suffolk breed is in great request in the neighboring 

 counties of Norfolk and Essex. Mr. "Wakefield of Barnham, in 

 Essex, had a stallion for which he was offered four hundi-ed 

 guineas." 



Few of this useful breed of working horses have, I believe, 

 been brought to the United States ; and I find no record of any 

 mares, whatever, being imported. A Suffolk cart stallion was, 

 however, sent into Massachusetts, in the year 1821, by Mr. 

 John Coffin of New Brunswick ; and, although I do not know 

 in what part of the State he stood, or what mares he served, 

 I have sometimes fancied that I could detect something of the 

 character of the Punches in the short-built, active horses used 

 in the cartmen's drays of Boston, in that State ; a widely dif. 

 ferent animal from that used in the New York trucks, many of 

 which show a considerable degree of blood. 



There are two other well-known families of working horses 

 in Great Britain ; the first of which is the improved Clydesdale 

 cart-horse, which is said to owe its origin to the Duke of Hamil- 

 ton, who crossed some of the best Lanark mares, with stallions 

 he had brought over from Flanders. " The Clydesdale is longer 

 than the Suffolk, and has a better head, a larger neck, a lighter 

 carcass, and deeper legs." " It is strong," says Mr. Youatt, 

 " hardy," pulling true, and rarely restive. The southern parts of 

 Scotland are principally supplied from this district ; and many 

 Clydesdales, not only for agricultural purposes, but for the 

 coach and the saddle, find their way to the central and even the 

 southern parts of England." 



I am not aware that any of these horses have been brought 

 to America ; nor do I know that any particular advantage is to 

 be looked for fj'om their introduction, although they are good 

 and faithful horses, excellent for farm purposes, and would 

 make, without any improvement of blood, extremely useful 

 stage-horses, especially for hilly and heavy roads, where more 

 ])ower than speed is desired. 



