AN AMERICAN TRIBUTE TO THE CLYDESDALE.
We quoto the fbllowirisr from the introduction to the Columbian catalogue of the stud, /owned! by, R. B. OgilviVMadi^Wis/i-'IH. •: " Clydesdales have been more steadily and successfully bred ■ to type 'than any other race of draught horses. Weight 'and wearing qualities were the essential* aimed at arid obtained.» Holding stead- • fiullyin■ view, the necessity of.weight in'. the collar, Clydesdale j breeders have blended therewith, that leverage 4 and "elasticity 'bf /joints' which ! jbest\|uiilise power and Btructure. With all their getting of bulk'they also got' under, flfending, A"draught fcorse 1 ft serviceable, 'according 1 as hisJeei and s pasterns ! work ! ;''Md;' wear.; Stiimj) legs'; start; no load. Sound feet,* pasterns; of 4 ample leiigtb and 'elasticity, and broad; flat; flinty bone are Clydesdaler characteristics 'found uni« .formly in Bucb ; perfectionPiurnVother , ; brfed./ ( ' That thesecbaracteristiwi are requisites of a draughtThoWe'find proof in their sheerest~ .flattery, imitation. "Re- , cognition of pre- ■ ~sence mws jn lalmbst, 4 . every ; j un truck 1 traffic and liilageof'the'soil with^ ! mo^rn-;macMnery.'" The > H m f?lW* ?? »%'J>Mfid''»tbe'sbowyard is universal. In in' ( plough chains, and onjress parade tte'Clydes-pre-eminence as a draught horse, which with weight* coin. qjiafrhes. ,J ' '".X * j
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Waikato Times, Volume XLI, Issue 3347, 9 December 1893, Page 5
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194AN AMERICAN TRIBUTE TO THE CLYDESDALE. Waikato Times, Volume XLI, Issue 3347, 9 December 1893, Page 5
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