140 DRAFT HORSES. 



has been bred separately and now both England and America 

 have stud-books wherein their breeding is duly recorded. 



The Clydesdale Society of America was organized in 1877, 

 and the first volume of the American stud-book issued in 1882. 



As regards size the Clydes may be classed with our heaviest 

 draft horses. They, like their competitors in strength, the 

 Shire and Percheron, frequently weigh a ton. As to build, 

 they are possessed of powerful limbs, heavy, hairy legs — long 

 hair extending from the knees down on the fore-legs and from 

 near the hocks down on the hind legs — and large, flat feet; 

 too flat, in many instances. They are naturally slow motioned 

 but powerful draft horses, and where the work for horses is 

 both slow and heavy, they are a valuable breed. 



As to color, the modern Clydes are of various colors, but as 

 with their cousins, the Shires, their prevailing colors are black, 

 brown, and bay, with usually more or less white markings. 



This breed has been quite extensively imported into the 

 United States and Canada, and have exercised a powerful in- 

 fluence on the draft horse stock of this country. 



Among the importers in the United States may be men- 

 tioned Powell Brothers, Shadeland, Pa., John H. Bass, Port 

 "Wayne, Ind., Robert Holloway, Alexis, 111., etc. 



Among the Canadian importers may be classed D. & 0. 

 Sorby of Guelph, Ont.; H. H. Hurd, Hamilton, Ont.; C. M. 

 Acer, Montreal, Que.; E. Beath & Co., Bowman ville, Ont., and 

 William Eennie of Toronto, Ont. 



This breed has its staunch friends among the draft horse 

 breeders of America, and for years it has been a "tug of war" 

 among American breeders as to which of the three great draft 

 horse breeds — the Percberon, English Draft, and Clydesdale — 

 was the most popular and meritorious. 



