Buffalo-horse Hybrids

     Frank Fraundfelter, of Easton, Pa., owns an animal that he calls a buffalo horse. It was born in Texas twelve years ago, is 15 1/3 hands in height and weighs 1,160 pounds. [Adult male Clydesdales measure 17 to 19 hands (1.7-1.9 m or 5.7-6.3 ft.). A male’s average weight is between 771 to 998 kg (1,700-2,200 lb.).] It is covered with a coat resembling coarse buffalo fur in close curls eight inches long, growing equally thick and long on all portions of the body and legs. In the winter the hair grows much longer. This long, curly, buffalo hair gives the horse a remarkable appearance, the more so as the hair on the legs is as dense as on any other part, making them look like four thick fur-covered poets. In its gait it resembles a cow more than a horse. Nevertheless it is said to be a good roadster and has the pulling power of a mule. The shape of the animal’s head is distinctly that of a buffalo, and in lieu of a mane there is an extra growth of brown hair. In its hindquarters also the horse closely resembles the buffalo.