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means, such as choose to engage in the lottery of 

 breeding- for speed, who delight in sport and can 

 afford to take tlie chances. The Percheron colts are 

 broken by the farmer in doing the farm work, and as 

 soon as they are old enough they are ready for the 

 market. They are bred for work ; they are inured 

 by hardy and vigorous exercise and labor, hence they 

 are natural and willing workers. 



TJdrd. — Their power of endurance have won for 

 them friends the world over. There is no horse that 

 will endure the labor and fatigue on as scanty fare 

 and with the same care as one of the Percheron race. 

 They are marvels of economy in the quantity of food 

 required to maintain them in good condition. 



Their strength and endurance is attested by the 

 great and growing demand for these horses for omnibus 

 and stage lines, for express and transfer companies, 

 wholesale merchants, and heavy work on city pave- 

 ments. It costs no more to keep a Percheron than a 

 scrub. In this country, where food is cheap, the 

 greatest care must be exercised against over-feeding, 

 from which comes most of their ills, our disposition 

 being to give them fare they were not accustomed to 

 in the scanty pastures on the hills of Perche. 



Fourth. — Ihey have the best feet of any breed of 

 heavy horses. In this there is a conspicuous excellence. 



Fifth. — They are true and sure in transmitting 

 their good qualities to their colts. 



This quality and power of the pure bred Percheron 

 is very remarkable and distinct, and in breeding to 

 such, owners of mares may be assured of improving 

 their stock. They get a half-breed that excels the 

 ordinarv scrub in such a decree as to seem a distinct 

 breed. 



