li THE HOnsH. 
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 hava 
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 by Mr. East, Messrs. 
Wimbush, and other jobmasters of less note, while nearly as many more 
THE CARRIAGE, BROUGHAM, OR CAB HORSE. 
are kept by their owners for their own use. The engraving i have given 
will convey the characteristics desired in this horse better than any 
written description; but though it will serve to show the external 
form and action, it is on too small a scale to indicate in a reliable 
way the wiry and clean legs which are indispensable, and without 
which work soon causes lameness of some kind or other. The head 
is particularly good for so mixed a breed, and indicates the care which 
has been paid for many years to the selection of sires and dams. But the 
neck is the main feature in point of show, being of a most elegant forma- 
tion ; and the head being well set on gives that beautiful rainbow sweep, 
which is shown in the portrait of Mr. Anderson’s horse. Much of this is 
produced by careful breaking ; but without a naturally good formation of 
the bones, all the breakers in the world cannot make a horse bend himself 
