CHAPTER IX 



THE BREEDS OF HORSES 



The breeds of horses may be classified, according to the 

 market classes, to the types of which their representations 

 conform, as follows : 



Percheron f Hackney 



Belgian Heavy Harness | French Coach 



Draft \ Clydesdale [ German Coach 



Shire 



Suffolk 



Light Harness — American Standardbred 

 g , f Thoroughbred 



1 American Saddle Horse 



{Shetland 

 Welsh 

 Hackney 



167. The Percheron. — The typical Percheron (Fig. 71) 

 is distinguished from the representatives of the other draft 

 breeds by characters which can be attributed, primarily, 

 to the hot blood in the breed's foundation and to the fact 

 that these horses were originally bred for rapid draft 

 service. Percherons do not possess the scale and sub- 

 stance of the Shire, the extremely drafty form of the 

 Belgian, the broad, flat, straight hocks, sloping pasterns 

 and accurate way of going of the Clydesdale, nor the usual 

 good rib and the uniform coloring of the Suffolk. They 



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