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FARMER'S CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK 



descriptions as modified by Knight are 

 largely utilized. 



Andalusian — This breed comes from 

 southern Spain, and was the first to be 

 introduced into the United States. The 

 King of Spain presented a jack and 

 jennet of this breed to George Wash- 

 ington in 1787. Later Henry Clay in- 

 troduced them into Kentucky. It is an 

 old breed. The color is gray, frequently 

 white, and rarely black or blue. The 

 Andalusians stand 14 to 15 hands high 

 and have fine legs with large bone and 

 comparatively free from jack sores. The 

 head and ears are fairly satisfactory in 



States by Henry Clay. This is a good 

 black, with white points, of fine style 

 and action, and from 14M> to 15 hands, 

 with a clean bone. The Catalonian is 

 a popular jack on account of his desir- 

 able color, fine short hair and unusual 

 height. Rarely specimens of this breed 

 are gray. In style and action the Cat- 

 alonian is unsurpassed and he is, there- 

 fore, a desirable animal for crossing 

 upon our native jennets. . Some of the 

 chief good points of our native jacks 

 come from Catalonian crosses. Certain 

 breeders claim that mules sired by Cata- 



Fig. 228 — BROOD MARE AND HER MULE COLT 



conformation, but the breed is unpopu- 

 lar on account of its color. 



Maltese — This well-known breed came 

 from the island of Malta, and the first 

 to reach this country were given to 

 General Washington by Lafayette. The 

 Maltese is a small jack, seldom standing 

 over 14 hands high. The color is black 

 or brown. The head is well formed, 

 with pointed upright ears, but the leg3 

 are rather small for sires of mules. The 

 Maltese is quite satisfactory for saddle 

 or driving purposes, but is too small as 

 a mule-getter for our farm conditions. 



Catalonian i s another Spanish breed 

 of jack first introduced into the United 



Ionian jacks mature earlier than those 

 from other breeds. 



The Majorca jack comes from the 

 island of the same name. It is the 

 largest of all imported jacks, often 

 standing 16 hands high, with the great- 

 est weight and heaviest bone, head and 

 ear of all jack breeds. No jennets of 

 this breed have been imported into 

 America. 



The Italian jack j s common in Italy 

 and has been imported in considerable 

 numbers into this country. They are 

 the smallest of the imported breeds and 

 the price is correspondingly low. The 

 color is black with an occasional gray, 



