. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . und, open,tough feet. Heavy Draught Horses. The Cleveland horses have been knownto carry more than seven hundred pounds, sixty miles in twenty-fourhours, and to perform this journey four times in a week ; and mill horseshave carried nine hundred and ten pounds two or three miles. Horses for slower draught, and sometimes even for the carriage, areproduced from the Su
. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . und, open,tough feet. Heavy Draught Horses. The Cleveland horses have been knownto carry more than seven hundred pounds, sixty miles in twenty-fourhours, and to perform this journey four times in a week ; and mill horseshave carried nine hundred and ten pounds two or three miles. Horses for slower draught, and sometimes even for the carriage, areproduced from the Suffolk Punch, so called from his round punchvmake, and descended from the Norman stallion and the Suffolk cart-mare. The true Suffolk, like the Cleaveland, is now nearly extinct. Itstood from fifteen to sixteen hands high, of a sorrel color; was hirstheaded, low shouldered and thick on the top; deep and round chested;long backed; high in the croup; large and strong in the quarters: full inthe flanks ; round in the legs ; and short in the pasterns. It was thevery horse to throw his whole weight into the collar, with sufficientactivity to do it effectually, and hardihood to stand a long days work 68 FAMILY HEAVY DRAUGHT CLEAVELAND PUNCH. The present breed possesses many of the peculiarities and good quali-ties of its ancestors. It is more or less inclined to a sorrel color; it is ataller horse; higher and finer in the shoulders; and is a cross with theYorkshire half or three-fourths bred. The excellence, and a rare one, of the old Suffolk, (the new breed hasnot quite lost it,) consisted in nimbleness of action, and the honesty andcontinuance with which he will exert himself at a dead pull. Many agood draught horse knows well what he can effect; and after he has at-tempted it and failed, no torture of the whip will induce him to strain hispowers beyond their natural extent. The Suffolk, however, would tugat a dead pull until he dropped. It was beautiful to see
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