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formed, and his shoulders ai-e slanting, muscular, and full of liberty. In 

 fact, these little animals have powers proportionally as great as that of a 

 dray-horse, and appear to carry with ease a man of 11 or 12 stone, 

 if only he can arrange his legs so as to avoid walking and riding at the 

 same time. They vary in height from 9 to 1 1 hands, or sometimes a little 



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more, and hence they are admirably calculated in this respect for the use 

 of children, while their tempers are generally so good that they may be 

 pulled about with as much impunity as a Newfoundland dog. Their colours 

 are chiefly bay, brown, or rusty black, chestnuts and greys being extremely 

 rare. Large numbers are imported into England evexy year by the steamers 

 from the North, and sold at prices varying from £5 to £30 according to 

 appearance and action. Their commonest fault is an unwillingness to 

 " back " in harness. 



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Most of our best-shaped cabriage-horses are now bred in Yorkshire 

 and Lincolnshire ; but some few, and those not the worst, come from 

 Shropshire and the borders of the adjacent counties. These horses are 

 chiefly the result of a cross between the old Cleveland horse (now nearly 

 extinct) and the thoroughbred Eastern horse, the proportion of the latter 

 blood being difficult to ascertain, as in most instances the pedigrees of tho 

 stallions and mares cannot be traced with any certainty for more than two 

 or three generations, in spite of the assertions to the contrary of their 

 breeders. Grand figure and high action, rather than pace, are the objects 



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