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FARMER'S CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK 



The Creole pony is really a small race 

 horse with preponderance of Thorough- 

 bred blood. They enjoy considerable fa- 

 vor in Louisiana. The Creole has been 

 crossed with the Shetland pony with 

 fairly good results. 



Draft type— As the light or "hot 

 blooded" horses are all descended, with 

 modification, from the Thoroughbred, so 

 the draft or "cold blooded" horses are 

 descended from the old black horse of 

 Flanders. At the dawn of history this 

 wild black horse was found throughout 



Pennsylvania from the seaboard to the 

 Ohio river. For this heavy work the 

 Conestoga horse was produced and was 

 at one time famous as a draft horse in 

 Pennsylvania. This horse was a prod- 

 uct of local breeders, based on imported 

 heavy horses of unknown blood. The 

 Conestoga horse stood 16 to 18Y 2 hands 

 high and weighed 1,600 to 1,900 pounds. 

 With the advent of railroads the breed 

 was allowed to become extinct. 



The Clydesdale originated in Scot- 

 land, being first referred to in 1715. The 



Fig. 208 — MODERN TYPE OF CLEVELAND BAY 



continental Europe. In northern Europe 

 the conditions seemed to be favorable to 

 the development of large men and large 

 horses. By skillful breeding and an oc- 

 casional mixture with oriental or native 

 blood, several heavy breeds have been 

 produced from the black horse of Eu- 

 rope. Thus from England we have ob- 

 tained the Clydesdale, Shire horse, and 

 Suffolk Punch; from France the Per- 

 cheron and French draft horse ; and from 

 Belgium the Belgian draft horse, or 

 Flemish horse. 



Before the days of railroads much 

 freighting was done by hox*ses through 



black Flemish horse and other heavy 

 horses were crossed with the early form 

 of the type. At present the type is well 

 fixed and the breed is very true and 

 prepotent. The color is bay or brown 

 with white markings on the face and 

 legs. Other colors, such as gray, black 

 and chestnut sometimes appear. The 

 flanks are lighter in color, fading to a 

 dun on the belly. Mares weigh 1,500 to 

 2,000, stallions, 1,800 to 2,200 and the 

 height is 16 to 17 hands. The head is 

 long, neck medium, leg broad, with fint 

 silky feathering below the knee and hock, 

 shoulders sloping. The Clydesdale 



