THE CLYDESDALE DRAFT HORSE 



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Flemish stallion, which is said to have so greatly im- 

 proved the breed in the Upper Ward as to have made it 

 noted all over Scotland. This horse is often referred to 

 as "Lochlyoch's Black Horse," while his get are spoken 

 of as the most noted breed in the Upper Ward of Lanark- 

 shire during the eighteenth century and described thus: 

 Generally browns and blacks, with white faces and a 

 little white on the legs ; they had gray hairs in their tails, 

 along with occasionally gray hairs on their bodies and 

 usually a white spot on their belly, this latter being re- 

 garded as a mark of distinct purity of blood. 



Early develop- 

 ment of the 

 Clydesdale draft 

 horse. — For more 

 than half a cen- 

 tury following the 

 introduction o f 

 "Lochlyoch's 

 Black Horse," lit- 

 tle is recorded of 

 the development 

 of the Clydesdale. 

 About the year 

 1780, Scott of 

 Brownhill, Car- 

 stairs, imported a 

 two-year-old colt from A3'^rshire known as Blaze, because 

 of a white mark in his face. This horse is described as 

 standing 16. i hands high, black in color and a noted prize 

 winner. Nothing is known of his pedigree, but from his 

 stylish shape and fine action — qualities, he is said to have 

 transmitted — it is generally supposed that he possessed 

 coach blood. 



In 1808, a man named Somerville of Lampits Farm, pur- 

 chased a two-year-old filly, with which he founded a stud. 

 This filly was mother of Glancer (335), also known as 



Fig. 102. — Clydesdale Stallion "Silver Cup" 



