THE SUFFOLK DRAFT HORSE 



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and was the sire of two famous stallions, Brady's Briton 

 (198), born in 1809, and Julian's Old Boxer (755), born 

 in 1805. From this point the descendants of the Crisp 

 Horse become very numerous. Mention should be made, 

 however, of Crisp's Cupbearer (416), as he is the sire of 

 39 of the more than 700 descendants of the Crisp Horse 

 tabulated in Volume I of the stud book. He was born 

 in 1864, of a dark 

 chestnut color, 

 and is described 

 as a large horse 

 with a grand fore 

 end, great depth 

 of girth, and 

 splendid muscular 

 shoulders, but 

 plain behind. He 

 and his sons were 

 famous show ani- 

 mals in their day. 



Foreign tribes 

 introduced. — That 

 foreign blood was 

 introduced to Suffolk county to improve the native horse 

 stock is now well known. This introduction, however, 

 did not take place imtil nearly a century after the early 

 origin of the Suffolk breed. There were, at least, three 

 tribes introduced; namely, the Blake tribe, the Wright 

 tribe, and the Shadingfield tribe. 



The Blake tribe. — This tribe had its origin in a horse 

 named Blake's Farmer (174), born about 1760, and in- 

 troduced from Lincolnshire to Suffolk in 1764, by a man 

 from whom the horse takes his name. Nothing is known 

 of this animal's ancestors, as it is thought the advertised 

 pedigree, given him when imported, was incorrect. He 

 is described as a trotting stallion and chestnut in color. 

 His noted son, Blake's Everett (173), was born in 1778, 



Fig. 114. — Suffolk Mare 



