THE DRAFT BREEDS OF HORSES 41 
much criticized because of their flatness and brittleness, 
but have undergone great improvement in these respects. 
The head is clean-cut, with small ear, full forehead, and 
a more or less Roman nose. The neck is full, with a very 
strong crest, as a rule, in stallions. Too much thickness 
in the throat-latch sometimes results from undue coarse- 
ness of the neck. The shoulder shows good length and 
is of true draft form, not being too oblique. The chest 
is deep, wide and 
molded with muscle. 
The body or barrel, 
one of the leading 
points of merit in this 
breed, is deep, round- 
ribbed, and _ specially 
well let down in the 
hind flank. This un- 
doubtedly contributes 
to the strength of the 
assertion that the Suf- 
folk is an easy keeper, and of unusual endurance. The 
legs, devoid of long hair, are clean-cut, cordy and well 
muscled at the arms and thighs. The degree to which 
the Suffolk is muscled in the hind-quarters, and especially 
in the lower thighs, is one of the special features of the 
breed. Pulling contests at an early time were common 
among the adherents of the breed, and it is said that the 
ultimate outcome of these has been to develop the muscles 
of the thigh and the quarter much beyond what is com- 
monly observed in the representatives of the draft breeds. 
The seeming lightness of limb, compared with the depth 
and weight of body, and fullness of neck, has, in many 
cases, given the Suffolk an appearance of being greatly 
Fie. 7.— Suffolk stallion. 
