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ereat muscular strencrth ; bad roads made 

 such animals indispensable up to a hundred 

 years ago : and the heavy loads which our 

 level streets and highways permit render the 

 same qualities not less necessary now. To 

 drag heavily laden waggons and drays, to 

 shunt railway carriages and trucks, we need 

 horses of the Shire stamp and character at 

 their highest development ; for It must be 

 borne in mind that a compact, truly framed 

 drauofht horse will move a orlven weicrht 

 with far greater despatch and less chance 

 of injury to himself than one whose shoul- 

 ders are defective, whose loins are weak, 

 legs 111 formed, pasterns too long and feet 

 defective. 



THE FOREIGN MARKET. 



It Is noteworthy as proof of our dependence 

 on this class of horse that, even when com- 

 merce and agriculture have been passing 

 through a period of depression, at times when 

 customers at any price even for the best 

 classes of other live stock have been difficult 

 to find, heavy draught horses suitable for 

 town work have always remained In brisk 

 demand at remunerative prices. Within the 

 last few decades, too, new and important 

 markets have been opened in all parts of 



