THE CARRIAGE, BROUGHAM, OR CAB-HORSE. 109 
greys being extremely rare. Large numbers are imported into England 
every year by the steamers from the North, and sold at prices varying 
from 5/. to 30/. according to appearance and action. 
JUL SHETLAND PONY. 
THE CARRIAGE, BROUGHAM, OR CAB-HORSE. 
Most oF OUR BEST-SHAPED CARRIAGE-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, among which last 
may be mentioned with honour the celebrated bay of Count Bathyany, 
These horses are chiefly the result of a cross between the old Cleveland 
horse (now nearly extinct) and the thoroughbred Eastern horse, the pro- 
portion of the latter blood being difficult to ascertain, as in most instances 
the pedigrees of the stallions and mares cannot be traced with any cer- 
tainty 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 aimed at, especially for the use of the cabriolet, in 
which extravagant knee-action is considered essential toa perfect turn-out. 
The original from which my illustration of this variety is taken was for 
sonte months in the possession of Mr. Anderson, of Piceadilly, and sold by 
him at a long price to go abroad. He was painted by Mr. Barrand as a 
fine specimen of his class, and certainly the artist has conveyed to iis 
canvas with great success the characteristic action of the cab or carriage- 
horse, which it will be seen differs from that of the fast American trotter 
represented at page 34 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 
time when Count Bathyany was so celebrated for his carriage-horses 
