We regretted to notice the large number of Clydesdales and Percherons; the latter type of horse especially we deprecate-tall grays, with thick necks, heavy heads, upright shoulders, slim, round bodies, hairy, clumsy legs, huge flat feet covered with the mass of hair depending from the fetlock.
"Two Years in Oregon"
Wallis Nash
Big furniture vans, drawn by four or three wretched-looking horses, would be seen just in front of two-wheeled carts drawn by a couple of powerful Clydesdales.
"The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon"
José Maria Gordon
The Clydesdales were at Naples.
"Barren Honour: A Novel"
George A. Lawrence