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average of medium draft weight, stand over considerable 

 ground for a draft horse, have a somewhat toppy general 

 appearance, and a form that has been most appropriately 

 described as of " a flowing, rounded contour indicative of 



Fig. 71. — A Percheron stallion. 



promptitude of movement as well as strength " i instead 

 of square and blocky. They possess more general refine- 

 ment, a better proportioned and more breedy head, and 

 better texture of blue hoof than horses of any other draft 

 breed. They also reflect their Oriental ancestry in an 



1 Johnstone's "The Horse Book.'' 



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