116 THE HORSE. 
them moderately, and feed them highly for the two seasons between their 
second and fourth years, when they are put into a loose box, and made 
up with oil-cake or linseed, barley, and clover hay, till they are as fat as 
bacon hogs: after which consummation they are fit for the London 
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market, and fetch from 70/7. to 1202. each. It is no wonder, therefore, 
that their naturally thin and large soles become convex, or that side-bones 
are thrown out, attended by lameness, which makes so many of them 
utterly useless. These horses are of all colours, except chestnut. 
THE DRAY-HORSE. 
