. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. HORSE HORSE 495 cut, with small ear, full forehead, and a more or less Roman nose. The neck is full, with a very strong crest, as a rule, in stallions. Too much thickness in the throat-latch sometimes results from undue coarseness of the neck. The shoulder shows good length and is of true draft form, not being too oblique. The chest is deep, wide and moulded with muscle. The body or barrel, one of the lead- ing points of merit in the Suffolk, is deep, round- ribbed, and specially well let down on the hind flank. This undoubtedly
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. HORSE HORSE 495 cut, with small ear, full forehead, and a more or less Roman nose. The neck is full, with a very strong crest, as a rule, in stallions. Too much thickness in the throat-latch sometimes results from undue coarseness of the neck. The shoulder shows good length and is of true draft form, not being too oblique. The chest is deep, wide and moulded with muscle. The body or barrel, one of the lead- ing points of merit in the Suffolk, is deep, round- ribbed, and specially well let down on the hind flank. This undoubtedly contributes to the strength of the assertion that it is an eBsy keeper, and possessed of unusual endurance. The legs, devoid of long hair, are clean-cut, cordy and well muscled at the arms and thighs. The degree to which the Suffolk is muscled in the hind-quarters, and especi- ally in the lower thighs, is one of the special fea- tures of the breed. Pulling contests at an early time were common among the adherents of the breed, and it is said that the ultimate outcome of these has been to develop the muscles of the thigh and the quarter much beyond what is commonly observed in the representatives of the draft breeds. The seeming lightness of limb, compared with the depth and weight of body, and fullness of neck, has, in many cases, given the Suffolk an appearance of being greatly lacking in the proper proportion of such parts. It is a free mover, and this, with its somewhat lighter weight, easy keeping and docile disposition, peculiarly adapts it for farm work, express-wagon work and drayage purposes, where a certain amount of weight may be sacrificed for activity and durability. Individually and, to a remarkable degree, collectively, the Suffolk is a superior model of the draft horse. History. The Suffolk can trace its history back to the dawning of the eighteenth century, and as early as 1851 it carried off most of the prizes for draft horses at the Royal Agricultural Society
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