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DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN HORSE 



The Clydesdale was early brought to America, but mainly to 

 Canada, until about I 860. 



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CLYDESDALE STALLION. PRINCE WILLIAM. JR. 



The Clyde may be described as a drafter of an upstanding, 

 resolute, slashing- gaited type, somewhat more rangy than the Per- 

 cheron ; longer in the head, neck, body, and leg ; not quite so 

 massive in build ; straighter in his top line, especially more level on 

 the rump. His legs appear larger because of the feather they 

 carry. He has a bold, prompt, resolute step that gets him over 

 the ground rapidly, and is very tractable and good mannered. 

 Probably the Clydesdale type is not equal to the Percheron in 

 wearing qualities or economy of keep. 



*?r/je colt will train easier at six months than when a year old. 



