. The breeds of live-stock : by live-stock breeders . Livestock. THE DRAFT BREEDS OF HORSES 37 and too slug- lie consiflered to the criticism of being deficient in ((uality gish in temperament. In general, they may to be of heaA'ier weight than the Clydesdale, although the difference is not likely to be great between represen- tative animals, as the following weights and measure- ments of two prize- winners will indicate: Vulcan (4:f45), a Shire stallion that was champion at the London Shire Show, in 1SS9 and lS9f, when eight years old weighed 2240 pounds in show condition; height, 17 hands; g
. The breeds of live-stock : by live-stock breeders . Livestock. THE DRAFT BREEDS OF HORSES 37 and too slug- lie consiflered to the criticism of being deficient in ((uality gish in temperament. In general, they may to be of heaA'ier weight than the Clydesdale, although the difference is not likely to be great between represen- tative animals, as the following weights and measure- ments of two prize- winners will indicate: Vulcan (4:f45), a Shire stallion that was champion at the London Shire Show, in 1SS9 and lS9f, when eight years old weighed 2240 pounds in show condition; height, 17 hands; girth, 8 feet 7 inches; around fore-arm, 2 feet 7 inches ; around bone below knee, 12 inches. Flashwood (3604), a Clydesdale stallion that was first at the Glasgow Spring Stallion Show, in the same years and months that Vulcan was first-prize stallion at the London show, and at the same age (eight years), weighed 2240 pounds; height, 17 hands; girth, 8 feet; around fore-arm, 20 inches; around bone below knee, 11 inches; aboA'e hock, 21| inches; and below hock, I25 inches. In the best types the legs are strong, bone flat with a "feather " of fine hair on the rear of the cannons, below the knees and hocks. The feet are large and somewhat flatter at the heel than is Fig. 6. — Shire Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gay, Carl Warren, 1877-. New York : Macmillan Co.
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