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bay and brown predominating. He has a neat 

 well-bred head, a good neck, deep girth and 

 round middlepiece, is short in the leg, the bone 

 of which is remarkably large, and the fetlock 

 covered with long hair. Much fashion depends 

 upon the growth of hair at the fetlock ; for- 

 merly it was curly, but now a Clydesdale will 

 not pass muster unless he has about six inches 

 of quite straight hair on these parts. Great 

 prices are given for these horses, even when 

 yearlings ; when thoroughbred or supposed to 

 be so, some good sires being let for the season 

 at 500/. In Scotland they are all the rage, 

 great care being taken with their breeding, 

 although occasionally a breeder does sell a 

 crossbred one as a thoroughbred, thus putting 

 a nice little sum into his pocket. 



Note. — Since the above was written, a Clydesdale 

 Society has been formed, and a Clydesdale Stud Book is 

 being compiled. 



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