114 THE HORSE 



" My opinion of this class of horse has been borne out in 

 many ways. I distinctly remember talking to Mons. Arthur 

 Marx, who died about ten years ago (and who was the lead- 

 ing dealer in Paris for about twenty-five to thirty years, 

 dealing exclusively in the highest class of carriage-horses), 

 and he confirmed my opmion, and told me at that time 

 the best carriage-horses in Paris were American horses ; 

 moreover, he stated that the best pair of carriage-horses he 

 had ever known were a pair of American horses in the 

 English Ambassador's stables in Paris. 



" Another great reason for the superiority of the American 

 horses is the fact that until recent years Clydesdale and 

 Cart blood was hardly known in the States, or Canada, and 

 farmers did all their farm work with horses of the carriage- 

 horse type. I remember buying in Canada twenty-five 

 years ago a pair of splendid carriage-horses, black-brown, 

 16 hands, full of courage, good action, five and six years old, 

 own brothers. I bought them from a farmer who bred 

 them, and had worked them regularly on his farm ever since 

 they were old enough to pull a load. 



" Of course a great deal of rubbish has been imported to this 

 country, but I have had such a number of good American 

 horses in my business, and compared them with English, 

 French, German, Russian, Dutch, and Hungarian horses 

 for this particular purpose that I can speak with confidence 

 in their favour. 



" The one drawback to Irish carriage-horses is that they 

 are occasionally inclined to canter in harness. The American 

 horses, on the other hand, have been bred for generations 

 to trot, and to trot only with a load, and they very seldom 

 fail in this respect." 



It is "money" which invariably "speaks," and the 

 conclusions of a veteran professional at any game are worth 

 all the ideas of enthusiastic amateurs put together. Mr. 

 Withers draws his conclusions from actual experience of 

 what answers, and has no fad to bias him in favour of one 

 breed over another, except for what pays him the best. 

 His testimony, therefore, in praise of Irish and American 

 horses for high-class carriage work cannot be over- 



