DRAFT HORSES 148 



more free from nervous excitability, his mind is 

 usually in better condition to absorb instruction 

 and to comprehend what his master requires of 

 him. Fire engine horses which, though not of the 

 most pronounced draft type, are nevertheless 

 much more of the draft type than any other, are 

 a good exemplification of this. 



The farmer who wishes to raise draft stock has 

 two distinct ways open to him and both are good. 

 If he has good judgment and a right understand- 

 ing of the requirements of the case he can select 

 large, handsome mares of unknown breeding and 

 breed them to a pure-bred draft stallion. It is 

 highly important that the stallion be strictly pure- 

 bred, a good representative of the breed to which 

 he belongs, possessing individually good points 

 throughout. 



A great many very fine draft horses are pro- 

 duced in this way and it should be remembered 

 that, when sold for other than breeding purposes, 

 pedigrees count for little. The horses sought for 

 pulling a coal truck or a fire engine must be, 

 individually, what is wanted, and if they fail in 

 this vital requirement, the fact that they are 

 Percherons or Clydesdales will not help them one 

 iota. In fact, all geldings, of whatever type (and 

 more than half of the horses sold in the market 

 are geldings) must stand solely upon their in- 



