Sunday, August 22, 2010

They are....

...few in number, so their story must be told,
they number about three hundred, many of them are old,
a unique breed of horse, a line started when history turned on a dime;
they began when tractors replaced the horse, so, the wrong time.

These American Cream Draft horses are a different breed,
a medium type workhorse, most all are cream, and they fill a need;
they arrived as a union of Belgian and Percheron's, but had a gene...
..called Champagne, so the color, and they are what they seem.

Usually used with harness, but you can take a ride,
so few in number, owners have great pride,
let's hope that they continue, and have a lesson to teach,
we all have the need, to practice what we preach.
Top: At the Minnesota State Fair.
Bottom: They are used at Colonial Williamsburg, in Virginia.

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