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For heavy draft purposes, the French Percheron and Eng- 

 lish Clydesdale are the most distinctive types. The former are 

 usually of gray color and the latter bay or brown. These are the 

 familiar heavy dray-horses; they weigh from 1,200 to 2,000 

 pounds, and are the most popular heavy work-horses in the 

 United States. 



The English Shire horse is very similar to the Clydesdale, 

 and the French draft and Norman horses to the Percheron. 

 The Belgian and Flemish draft-horses are more ponderous 

 than either of the above breeds, and for that reason, probably, 

 have not caught the American horse-users' fahcy. 



The coach-horses are bred for moderate speed, while 

 drawing fairly heavy loads. They are over sixteen hands high, 

 and weigh from 1,100 to 1,300 pounds. The best-known breeds 

 are the English coach, the French coach, and the Cleveland 

 bay. The last named is a breed developed in the United States. 

 These horses are not pure-bred, but are carefully bred from 

 selected individuals. 



The hackney is a breed of driving-horses of English origin 

 very popular in the United States. They are stocky, strong, 

 active horses, full of courage and good temper, smaller than the 

 coach-horges, and much less rangy in build. Fashion demands of 

 them an exaggerated knee action when in motion and a peculiar 

 stretched-out pose when at rest. 



The hunter is a saddle-horse of good size, with a strong 

 thoroughbred cross, .good at jumping, and with excellent wind. 

 There is no particular breed of hunters. They are simply se- 

 lected individuals that have proven to be useful in cross-country 

 galloping. It is performance that makes a hunter. 



The polo pony is another type of saddle-horse that depends 

 absolutely on his individual performances to make him of any 

 value in his class. Excellent polo ponies are bred from small 

 mares of the musta^^gj)^J)|^J^^yi^gj^^panish barb sires. 



