THE CLYDESDALE DRAFT HORSE 



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The Clydesdale draft horse in America. — The first Im- 

 portations were probably taken to Canada, because of the 

 love of the Scotch settlers for their favorite breed. In 

 1842 Archibald Ward of Markham, Ontario, imported Grey 

 . Clyde (78) ; in 1842 R. Johnson of Scarborough, Ontario, 

 imported Sovereign (181) ; in 1850 David Roundtree, Jr., 

 of Weston, Ontario, imported Cumberland (106) ; in 

 1851 John Wilson of Oshawa, Ontario, imported George 

 Buchanan (182); and in 1854 William Cochrane of 

 Claremont, Ontario, imported Bay Wallace (5). 

 . It was not un- 

 til the early 

 seventies that 

 Clydesdales be- 

 gan to appear in 

 the United 

 States, when 

 they were in- 

 troduced from 

 Canada and di- 

 rect from Scot- 

 land. The largest 

 i m p o r t a tions 

 were made in 

 the eighties and 

 early nineties, when many thousands of both sexes were 

 brought to America and widely distributed. The more 

 prominent of the early importers were : Powell Brothers, 

 Springboro, Pennsylvania; Robert Holloway, Alexis, 

 Illinois; N. P. Clarke, St. Cloud, Minnesota; and Brook- 

 side Farm, Fort Wayne, Indiana. 



Famous American Clydesdale sires. — While the list of 

 sires that has contributed to the improvement of this 

 breed in our country is very long, yet the following table 

 contains a few of the more notable ones, the date of birth, 

 date of importation, and the sire and dam : 



Fic. 104. — Clydesdale Mare "Nunas Numice" 



