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renders the Percheron a more desirable cross than the 
Clydesdale, when the object is to obtain a road horse 
or a light cart horse. The Percheron’s trot also is 
faster than that of the Clydesdale, which consti- 
tutes another reason for his superiority in this di- 
rection. The Clydesdale, on the other hand, being a 
more rapid walker than the Percheron, and being un- 
likely to breed smaller animals than himself, makes 
the better cross when the object is to produce a 
heavy cart horse. 
Many stories are told of feats performed by Per- 
cherons, some of which I have mentioned in the pre- 
ceding chapter. 
M. du Hays, equerry te Napoleon III, relates the 
following: “In 1845, a gray mare accomplished this 
match. Harnessed to a travelling tilbury, she started 
from Bernay at the same time as the mail carrier 
from Rouen to Bordeaux, and arrived before him at 
Alencon; having made fifty-five and three fifths 
miles, over a hilly and difficult road, in four hours 
and twenty-four minutes.” 
Another case vouched for by M. du Hays is thus 
reported: “A gray mare, seven years old, in 1864, 
harnessed to a tilbury, travelled fifty-eight miles and 
back on two consecutive days, going at a trot and 
without being touched by the whip. The following 
time was made: the first day, the distance was 
trotted in four hours, one minute, and thirty-five 
seconds; the second day, in four hours, one minute, 
and thirty seconds. The last thirteen and three 
quarters miles were made in one hour, although at 
about the forty-first mile the mare was obliged to 
pass her stable to finish the distance.” 
