THE JIOKSE, DIFFERENT BREEDS, ETC. 



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Of Heavy Draft Horses there are several breeds in both England and 

 the United States ; or rather, several kinds that have some of the blood and 

 gome of the characteristics of the old heavy draft animals. When it 

 became the fashion in England to seek admixture with the heavy mares 

 and stallions of Belgium or Flanders, the English draft stock was really 

 much improved, though several English breeds soon lost thereby, for th« 

 most part, their identity. 





The Cleveland Bay, a powerful horse, though not of extraordinary 

 size, was found chiefly in the four Counties of Yorkshire, Durham, Lin- 

 colnshire, and Northumberland. He was capable of carrying a great 

 Weight , and of maintaining under it a rapid rate of speed . A lighter horse , 

 and one better adapted to the carriage, was produced by crossing the 



