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THE HORSE 



aimed at, extravagant knee-actiou is considered essential to a perfect turn- 

 out. The original from which my illustration of this variety is taken was 

 for some months in the possession of Mr. Anderson, of Piccadilly, and sold 

 by him at a long price to go abroad. He was painted by Mr. Barraud as a 

 fine specimen of his class, and certainly the artist has conveyed to his 

 canvas with great success the characteristic action of the cab or carriage- 

 horse, which it will be seen diflfers from that of the fast American trotter 

 represented at page 46 in its roundness and in the high elevation of the 

 knee. Hence, it is more showy, or " gaudy " as the dealers say, and much 

 less fast, ten miles an hour being the outside pace of these horses, and 

 even this being too much for their legs and feet on our roads. At the 



THE CARRIAGE, BROUGHAM, OR CAB-HORSE. 



time when Count Bathyany was so celebrated for his carriage-horses, whose 

 action was splendid, he always " threw by " each pair at stated intervals, 

 so as to reduce the inflammation of the feet and legs caused by the 

 hammering on the road, before it had had time to leave any organic 

 mischief. Being at least sixteen hands in height, with round barrels on 

 which flesh is always loaded for the sake of show, their legs and feet have 

 a good deal of weight to carry, and even with moderate action these soon 

 wear out, if they are of bad form or materials. Hence, they are never 

 used till they either are, or are supposed to be, five years old ; but to 

 make them handy and safe in London they must be driven about the 

 streets in the break for some months before they will stand a crush at the 

 opera, or any other similar trial of steadiness and nerve. Some hundreds 

 of pairs of these horses are jobbed in London, while nearly as many more 

 are kept by their owners for their own use. The engraving I have given 



