. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig. 467. Champion Boulonnais horse. Bigotte. (No. 2405.) the lower part of the head. The neck is medium in length and clean-cut. The shoulders are laid well into the body and well muscled. The body is compact and deep-ribbed, with short and broad back and well-muscled loins. The croup and rump are inclined to be short and with a low-set tail. The hind - quarters are muscular and broad with well-filled thighs. The legs and feet are free from superfluous, hair and are possessed of excellent quality. Many Americans favor the feet o
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig. 467. Champion Boulonnais horse. Bigotte. (No. 2405.) the lower part of the head. The neck is medium in length and clean-cut. The shoulders are laid well into the body and well muscled. The body is compact and deep-ribbed, with short and broad back and well-muscled loins. The croup and rump are inclined to be short and with a low-set tail. The hind - quarters are muscular and broad with well-filled thighs. The legs and feet are free from superfluous, hair and are possessed of excellent quality. Many Americans favor the feet of the Boulonnais in preference to those of any of the other French breeds. On the whole, the feet are larger, more rounded and the pasterns have more slope than the Percherons. The colors are dapple gray, dark iron-gray, black, brown and occasion- ally chestnut. The northern part of France has been particu- larly fertile in the production of high-class horses of various types. This has been due in part to the character of the soil and climate and to the char- acter of food on which they have been fed, and in part also to the taste and temperament of the people in this section. In addition to the Percheron and Demi-Sang Normand, or French coach horse, there have been developed in this region several distinctive types or breeds ranging in character- istics from coach horses to the heaviest type of draft animals. The Boulonnais breed originated in the Boulogne district in northeastern France adjoining Belgium. In common with the other draft breeds of France, the Boulonnais horses without doubt had their origin in the heavy Flemish horses. In their general characteristics they very much resemble the Per- cheron, so much so that it is impossible in the best specimens to distinguish one from the other. In recent years more animals of gray color are to be found among the Boulonnais than among the Percherons, and there has probably been less change and improvement in type in the Boulon
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