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century, and kept at Strathaven Castle for 

 the use of his tenants. Prom this initial 

 cross in the county of Lanark the entire 

 breed of Clydesdales is said to have sprung. 

 We must own that this legend sounds a little 

 apocryphal, since it hardly seems credible 

 that the union of such heavy stallions as the 

 Elemish with the small Scotch garron would 

 have met with such signal success. Others 

 say that it was with the old English pack 

 mare, and, from all we have heard of the 

 merits of this animal, this is far more credible 

 a foundation of such a breed as the Clydesdale. 

 The typical descendant of this cross, which- 

 ever it was, an upstanding horse of great 

 power and utility, has for a cart-horse a fine 

 intelligent head with expressive eyes and 

 wide jaws, which, with his deep shoulder 

 and well-arched crest, gives him a very grand 

 appearance. ~Fov single cart work in a hilly 

 country he is unsurpassed, while in plough- 

 ing competitions a pair of Clydesdales will 



