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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



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f)f cool-blooded horses take the 

 general name of Armorican, 

 from the ]3eninsiila of Armorica 

 in Brittany. 



The French Draft, as we 

 know him, belongs to this 

 group, and is found throughout 

 the northern districts of France. 

 He has a broad, coarse head, 

 a short and thick neck with a 

 heavy double mane, the withers 

 low, the chest broad, cleft, and 

 ])endent, the legs short and 

 strong. He is usually gray. 

 The Flemish horses are the 

 heaviest, and are fit to go at 

 a foot pace only. The Bou- 

 lognese, being rather lighter, 

 can go, if necessary, at a trot. 



The Percheron horse, belonging to the same group, 

 takes his name from the Perche region between Nor- 

 mandy and the river Maine. He differs little from the 

 foregoing breeds, but is especially suited to draw, at 

 a rather C|uick pace, moderately hea\-y loads, such as 

 omnibuses, street cars, and farm tools and implements. 

 The Percheron is the most popular draft horse that we 

 have obtained from across the sea. 



The Breton horse is another representative of the 

 same group, but smaller and lighter in every way ; in fact, 

 strictly speaking, he is a pony and is much used for 

 breeding on account of his vigor and hardiness. The 

 horses of Brittany are robust animals, able to carr)- to 



I I.\ l,l'-lil,OOI> Hl'NOAKIAN (Jl'CKI'Ji) 



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market a peasant, his whole family, 

 and all the produce they have to 

 sell. During Napoleon's campaign 

 in Russia they acquired the name 

 of " French Cossacks." 



England, the land where horses 

 are bred for special purposes, has 

 become indispensable to the civilized 

 world on account of the demand for 

 F^nglish blood. Her breeding of the 

 Thoroughbred has been for centuries 

 the source to which the whole world 

 (China excepted) goes when a noble 

 animal of rapid gait is wanted. 



The Thoroughbred in its present 

 form dates from the second half of 



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