. The horse, in the stables and the field: his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc . existence of Canadian or Noi-man blood for many genera- 54 THE HORSE tions, and which is discoverable in the manes and tails of very many of thehorses which claim to be ^9?we Morgans. The peculiar characteristic, how-ever, of these horses is the shortness of their backs, the roundness of theirbarrels, and the closeness of their ribbing up. One would say that theyare ponies until he comes to stand beside them, when he is astonished tofind that they are oftener over than under 1
. The horse, in the stables and the field: his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc . existence of Canadian or Noi-man blood for many genera- 54 THE HORSE tions, and which is discoverable in the manes and tails of very many of thehorses which claim to be ^9?we Morgans. The peculiar characteristic, how-ever, of these horses is the shortness of their backs, the roundness of theirbarrels, and the closeness of their ribbing up. One would say that theyare ponies until he comes to stand beside them, when he is astonished tofind that they are oftener over than under 16 hands in height. Nowthese are just the peculiar points of the Clydesdale cart-horse, as we shallfind in examining into that breed, when I come to treat of the Englishhorse, and as may at once be seen by an inspection of the engravingaccompanying the description of him. THE CONESTOGA DRAUGHT-HORSE The last on the list of American horses is that known under the abovename, which was given to it from being produced in the valley of Conestoga,within the state of Pennsylvania. It is a very large muscular horse, often. COXESTOGA DRAUGHT-HORSE, reaching to 17 hands and upwards, and closely resembling the heaviestbreeds of German and Flemish cart-horses. The early settlers of this partof the United States were mostl}- Germans, and they either brought overwith them some of the horses of their countr}^, or else they have sinceselected from those within their reach the animals most resembling inappearance their old favourites when in their fatherland. There is, how-ever, no record of the origin of the breed, and all that can be done is todescribe it as it uow exists. THE CONESTOGA DRAtJaHT-HORSE tt The accompanying sketch embodies the general appearance of thesehorses, and by comparing it with the London dray-horse, it will be seenthat it differs only slightly, having the same heavy outline of form, unitedwith similar comparatively light limbs, but not burdened with the mountainsof flesh
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