Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-16
VIII
HEAVY DRAUCHT-HORSES

short for he could walk pretty well as fast as man
The legs should be outside the animal that each bears its
weight the You well have too
much bone the thighs and orcarms in particular should be large
muscular hooks big and well defned the knees
large do like much hair about the heels
although breeders say is sign of constitution Some OF
the strongest and best constitutional horses have had have been as
clean a blood horse
body should be cylindrical well arched
shape the ons and deep the gth The back
ribs should deep bacrbbcd horse nine
out o and seldom OF robust
constitution buy horsc-bcadh of frame is
horse split up behind should be avodcd good
poscror is very important consideration
1.-The head should be small nagHkc but of fair size
without coarscncss long full eye and intelligent express
The neck short great hndrancc to the animal
grazing don't like shoulders made hunters ought to be- but
upright the collar the proper angle; sopng
shoulders good moving much weight neither long
joints The foot Of horse very important point broad
objectionable such stand the road and
the land it is difficult to keep the shoes
GAS quality, it thing that to be understood rather than
cXprcsscd-t cannot be put upon paper
81 have bred very good horses by Cydedale stallion
cggcd deep bred in Essex The great fault Of
Cydcsdalc their small barrels and Of
breadth the These faults corrected in the
activity the Cydesdae preserved
TIE cNpEspNE
THE Clydesdac is Of Scotch origin according tradition
which very little evidence the result OF made by
draugh of the country and
Dutch stations 1t breed which formerly seldom
England except the fancy farms cultivated regardless of
expense by great landed popcto and maintained stations
The Cydcsac is certainly the taking
the and only with his handsome head and
little filming down figure charger the picture
of imtaor OF Vandykc or Rubcns.
"Cydcdacs remarkable for fast action the walk and even
show held years ago Clifton Downs,
Bristol Cdedae stallion exhibited by the Duke Of Beau
weighing nearly Outtrottcd all the hacks in the show
hundred yards The Cydcsdac has quality
head hair skin and STYLE than any other breed Bays and
prevailing coors the faults light body legs
long and hot temper work Sixteen hands sixteen hands
inch the usual height the finest specimens taller OF late
years the light body has been corrected by judcous
AT plough trial Versailles, which took place during the
first Paris International Show pair of Cydcalc horses
corded French official report beat easily several of three
best French brccd-Pcrchcron Bouonno
The late Prince Consor had very fine Cydcsdacs OF his
breeding his model farm Windsor Park The coorcd
illustration chapter painted stallion Prince
Albert probably the best Cydcsdas the kingdom the
property Colonel Lloyd Lindsay, " c. NJ p OF Lockngc Park
Berkshire who Prince Albert hands in height
inches grth inches round the and IOE inches
below the knee These dimensions quite beyond the
The exhibition Cydcdalcs be the agr
cultural shows held at Glasgow and Edinburgh
AT stallion show held Glasgow in 1874 at which besides
the Glasgow than twenty other societies contributed offering
about 500 prizes, twenty CYdcsac stations high
were paradcd before judges prizes beer
awarded the agents Of various districts in Scotland and the north
England made for securing the services OF the horses
they fnccd by paying premium for their travelling particular
districts These premiums by OF retaining fees varied iron
GOO GOo for the the for guaranteed list OF Oc
The prcmiumcd this great show bay
brown, and black
In 1873 the representatives. OF horsebcding association
Cornwall each purchased Cydcdalc stall
lions Scotland 1900 apiece But Comhmen have aWay
been famed for independence character and put their shout
ders the wheel instead whining Downing Jupiter
The present Cydesdacs both compact and active
Mess Pckord Co. for years past have used nothing es
their railway and engage the exclusive services of deac
buy them all the horse fairs Scotland But the ohe
1870 English gentlemen attended the grca
Glasgow show stations the purpose selecting and pur
chasing young stallion they and eventually bought hors
that left the ring with other competitors for the cham
nd the of the