374 On the Exhibition of Live Stock at Cltester. 



the inevitable operation of natui'e's laws. The Galloway is 

 indeed a treasure when well produced. The first cross from 

 the pony mare with a small thoroughbred horse is generally the 

 real animal for safety, quickness, and endurance. There is 

 ample record of the wonderful performances of this class of 

 animal, either for the field, the road, the park, or lady's carriage. 

 The best are graceful indeed. Being a Galloway breeder myself, 

 and to some extent from the Exmoor pony mares, I have taken 

 the opinion of a first-rate judge as to the qualities required in 

 them. He writes to me — " 1 wish you to breed some Galloways 

 (a few to begin with) of the following kind : long, low, and full 

 of quality ; deep shoulders, light necks, and small heads, with 

 large nostrils and hawk's eyes, for which I will give 120Z. 

 each." 



The Cob is a more difficult animal to breed, and is more 

 frequently the result of chance than of any well-matured system 

 of breeding. The real cob, from his enormous strength and 

 robust form, must partake rather freely of the active carthorse^ 

 combined with a pony mare, or vice veisa. 



The Draught Horse has other objects to fulfil : hence the 

 Society divides these animals into distinct classes, viz. the agri- 

 cultural horse and the dray-horse. The heavy black, brown, bay, 

 and grey horse is best adapted for the London dray and such 

 other purposes as require power by weight of carcase. The 

 Suffolk, Clydesdale, and active clean-legged bay and brown 

 horses are best adapted for farm work. 



The Dray-horse^ in its true sense, is an animal produced from 

 the early crossing of our English mares with robust Flemish 

 horses. They are only produced in such districts as are pro- 

 verbial for their deep rich pasture lands, such as the Lincolnshire 

 and other eastern marshes, also those of Somerset and some rich 

 midland pastures. South Lincolnshire has been most famous for 

 this class of horse ; great numbers leave it as colts for the upland 

 counties, where they are gently worked for a few years, and sub- 

 sequently sold to the London and other dealers. The breed being 

 a general one, it would be unwise to mention any names as leading 

 breeders. The autumn fair at Thorney, on the borders of South 

 Lincolnshire, as also Rugby and Waltham in Leicestershire, are 

 justly celebrated for their display of heavy cart colts. They are 

 usually sold at two and a half years old. The agricultural or 

 sino-le harness horse is an animal upon which devolves the quick 

 movement of the farm. With our changing agriculture, this 

 horse has to a great extent been remodelled, but there yet remains 

 the great work of more generally distributing him throughout 

 the country. Take the best Clydesdale horse as a pattern : he is 

 all you want — quick, staunch, enduring, and hardy ; his cast. 



