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the breed. No more shapely and well-developed feet are found 

 on any draft horse than on the Perch eron. The bone of the leg is 

 usually superior, but the cannons are not infrequently lacking in 

 breadth and flatness, while the hocks may be fuller than is desir- 

 able. The clean limbs, free of long hair, account for much of the 

 popularity of the Percheron in America. Percheron action at a 

 walk is reasonably true and snappy. The trot, with good repre- 

 sentatives of the breed, is carried with vim and life, the knees 



Fig. 38. Monaco II. A capital stamp of a Percheron stallion, first in a ring of 

 29 at the International Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, 1905. Imported 

 by McLaughlin Bros. Photograph by the author 



being moved strong and the hocks well flexed. The Percheron 

 may be regarded as one of the very best actors among the draft 

 breeds, being surpassed only by the Clydesdale. The Percheron 

 head and neck are typical of the most attractive draft-horse 

 character. The eye is usually full and prominent, the forehead 

 broad and reasonably full, the face straight or slightly dished 

 above the nose, the jaw strong, the ears refined and attractively 

 set and carried with animation. The graceful neck is usually 



