THE CLYDESDALE BREED. IH'A 



are bfed in the other western counties of Scotland, 

 and over all that tract which lies between the Clyde 

 and the Forth, but because the principal markets 

 at which they are sold, namely, Lanark, Carnwath. 

 Rutherglen, and Glasgow, are situated in that dis- 

 trict, where they are also preserved in a state of 

 greater purity than in most other parts. They are 

 rather larger than the Suftblk-punch, and the neck 

 is somewhat longer ; their colour is black, brown, 

 or grey ; all the essential points for heavy draught 

 are very conspicuously developed ; and they are ex- 

 tremely docile withal, and excellent at what is 

 called a dead pull. Some magnificent specimens 

 of this breed are to be seen in the streets of Glas- 

 gow, in the service of the merchants and carriers of 

 that city. We have reason to believe, that, if 

 tried by a dynamometer, the Clydesdale horse 

 would exceed any other of his inches and weight in 

 his powers of draught; and his quick step adds 

 much to his value. 



