CART HORSES. 219. 
think you had been so good a judge of a horse. 
I suppose they are a new purchase which you want 
to have my opinion upon, and I can assure you they 
are the true Suffolk sorrels, the first breed of working 
horses in the kingdom; and these are some of the 
best of their kind’” Being undeceived, he at first 
refused the gift, but was finally persuaded to accept 
it, to the great content of both Harry and Tommy. 
The stanchness of the Suffolk Punches was prover- 
bial, and they would have been called in the language 
of the modern sale stable, ‘““dead-down, true pullers.” 
This quality was often displayed at pulling matches, 
where the competing teams would fall upon their 
knees at a given signal (the ground being strewed 
with straw or sand), and in that position move a 
great weight. The only account I have ever seen of 
the origin of this breed states that it was formed 
by crossing Norman stallions with the Suffolk cart 
mare. 
Perhaps the most popular breed of cart horses 
now used in England is the Clydesdale. This, as 
the name implies, is a Scotch family, but its origin 
is obscure, though tradition ascribes it to a cross 
made by an unascertained Duke of Hamilton be- 
tween the draught mares of the country and some 
Dutch stallions. Clydesdales, with the exception of 
the Percherons, have more “ quality ” — that is, finer 
characteristics and a better bred appearance — than 
any other cart horses. Their coat is more silky, their 
ears are smaller, their heads and necks more beauti- 
ful, and the whole body is more finely turned. Their 
faults are a tendency to be too long in the leg, some- 
what light-waisted, and, occasionally, a little hot in 
