46 



sion. Most of my trade is with lumbermen and in the city. I handle 

 more Normans than of any other breed, because they are more 

 salable and eagerly sought after, the only drawback to the business 

 now being that I cannot get them fast enough. 



** They are possessed of more endurance than other breeds ; give 

 good satisfaction and wear well ; have better feet — last better on our 

 pavements, and are more easily acclimated than any other breed. It 

 is very rarely you get a Norman horse with bad feet. They are good, 

 cheerful walkers, and more attractive and finer looking, with better 

 action, than the other large breeds. 



" The Clydesdale are not an enduring cla ss of horses. The essen 

 tials of a good draft horse are good bone, good muscle and good loin. 

 They are characteristics of the French horses. The Clydes have 

 good bone, but they lack the other essentials. 



" I have not had much experience with the English and Belgian 

 horses. Mine has been mostly with French horses and Clydesdales. 

 The French horses have always given satisfaction, while the Clydes- 

 dales frequently fail to do so. 



" I would advise farmers, in breeding horses to sell on this market 

 to breed to French horses in preference to any others. The French 

 horses are docile, willing workers, while the Clydesdales are nervous 

 workers and are not nearly as good dispositioned horses as the 

 French. The French horses will keep on much less feed than the 

 Clydesdales. 



.♦: ,■ > . 



