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is reported from Scotland. William Dunlop, the famous Clydes- 

 dale breeder at Dunure Mains, visited England and purchased a. 

 Shire stallion and a filly, and, as reported in a British journal, 

 "it is his intention to mate them with some of his noted Clydes- 

 dales. Mr. Dunlop is strongly of the opinion that the Clydesdale 

 breed can be improved through Shire crossing." It must be 

 assumed, however, that only pure -bred Clydesdales will be regis- 

 tered in the studbook ; otherwise present standards would suffer. 



Fig. 51. Baron of Buchlyvie (11263), the most advertised Clydesdale horse in 



history, a leading sire, and sold for $47,500. From photograph by A. Brown 



& Company, Lanark, Scotland 



Clydesdale characteristics. This breed of draft horses possesses 

 certain features of a distinctive kind on which loyal Scotchmen 

 lay great emphasis. The feet and bone and action are cardinal 

 points with Clydesdale breeders. The feet must be large, round, 

 and open, with an elastic frog and well-spread, clearly expressed 

 heel ; the coronet wide ; the pasterns fairly long and rather slop- 

 ing ; the cannons short, flat, hard, and cordy ; and the forearms, 

 arms, thighs, and quarters notably muscled and strong. The ten- 

 dency with the Clydesdale is to show some lightness of forearm 

 and thigh. From the back side of the leg at the cannons should 

 grow an abundance of long, fine hair, a striking feature in the 

 best specimens of Clydesdales and indicative of quality. White 



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