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of the legs, and a general massiveness of form not easily 
secured by the use of any other breed of draft stallions. 
18. Distribution. — The Belgian breed of horses had no 
wide distribution outside of its native home, until within 
the past seventeen years, since which time it has been in 
general demand on the continent, as it is particularly de- 
sirable for use in the heaviest kind of work in large cities. 
Numbers have been imported into Germany, France, 
Holland, Sweden, Austria, and other European countries, 
the Argentine Republic, and other South American coun- 
tries, and to the United States, where they have found 
rather extensive favor, particularly in the central states. 
19. Organizations and records. — The National Draft 
Horse Society of Belgium (Le Cheval de Trait Belge) was 
founded in 1886, and the American Association of Im- 
porters and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses in 1887. 
The former association has issued a number of stud-books, 
and is very aggressive in the interest of the breed. It 
receives national financial support. For twenty years 
the latter association did very little to encourage the 
breed, which accounts, in part, for the little interest 
taken in these horses in America until within recent 
years. It is now more active. The first stud-book was 
issued in 1905, since which time five more volumes have 
been published. 
CLYDESDALE Horse. Plate II. Figs. 4, 5. 
By John A. Craig 
20. This breed has been known for many years as the 
draft breed of Scotland. It is one of the oldest breeds 
of British draft horses. 
