THE DRAFT BREEDS OF HORSES 33 
for $3200, to Nelson Morris C ompany. Sales by pri- 
vate treaty are not reported to the extent that auction 
sales are, but this, however, is considered to be a record 
price on the Union Stock Yards market. It is, in a 
degree, an index to 
the merit attainable ov) 
by horses of this ex- ¢ 
traction for draft Us : 
purposes. N 
27. Distribution. — Ww 
The adaptability of 
the Clydesdale has led 
to a wider distribution 
of it than of any of 
the other draft breeds. 
It has found favor in 
the leading English- 
speaking countries, 
including, in addition 
to the United States, 
Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Argentina has 
imported many of the best, while several of the European 
nations, notably Germany, Sweden and Russia, have been 
most active in making importations. It has also found 
its way into South Africa. On this continent, the breed 
has been most popular in Canada, and the good effects 
of the use of this breed in grading up farm mares to pro- 
duce drafters serviceable on the farm and marketable on 
the best markets, may be seen on almost any Canadian 
farm, while on the streets of the large Canadian cities, 
such as Toronto, Hamilton and Winnipeg, the teams 
attached to the lorries, showing in their characteristics 
Clydesdale breeding, will compare favorably with others. 
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Fic. 5.— A Clydesdale filly. 
