118 THE HORSH. 
sixteen hands two inches high, the property of Prince Albert, and pur- 
chased by him for 5007. The long stride, which is characteristic of the 
breed, is partly dependent upon their greater length, and partly upon 
habit and training. These horses are said to be able to draw heavier 
loads in single carts than any others, and hence they are specially adapted 
to that kind of work, which consequently prevails throughout the lowlands 
of Scotland, where the Clydesdales are universally employed. They are 
generally docked, and their comparatively short tails will serve to dis- 
tinguish them to the eye of the unskilled observer, irrespective of those 
marks of breeding which an experienced hand will readily detect. <A 
great many inferior animals were formerly bred, which were objectionable 
from their light bodies and long legs, but these faults are now compara- 
tively rare, great attention having been paid to the breeding of the Clydes- 
dale horse during the last thirty years. Still they are supposed to require 
a good deal of nourishing food, and though a pair of them will undoubtedly 
plough a great breadth of land in a given time, it is not settled whether it 
is done economically or the reverse. 
OTHER MIXED BREEDS. 
TE CLEVELAND, if it ever existed as a variety of the cart-horse, cannot 
now be found, and it is probable that the original breed was employed as 
a pack-horse solely, being too light for the heavy plough work of our 
ancestors. At present he is a coach-horse, and cannot therefore be classed 
among those which I am now describing, though he is still claimed by the 
breeders in the district of Yorkshire from which he takes his name as a 
distinct variety. It is true that he is sometimes used for agricultural 
purposes, resembling the Suffolk horse in quickness, yet not being equal 
to him in constitution. But he is chiefly sought after for the carriages of 
the aristocracy, to which his rich bay colour, and clean legs, often of a 
jet black, are well suited. I do not myself believe in the purity of the 
breed, nor can I find from the Yorkshire men themselves any signs by 
which it can be distinguished. 
TurovcHout Eneianp aND IRELAND cart-horses of every shape and 
size are met with, possessing no peculiarity which can entitle them to be 
considered as separate breeds, and indeed being produced from working 
mares put to stallions selected at random from those offered in the imme- 
diate neighbourhood. Some of these sires are individually very perfect 
animals in shape, and can compete with the best Suffolks or Clydesdales ; 
but they cannot generally be depended on to the same extent for getting 
stock as good as themselves. This is caused by their being the produce of 
various strains ; but when the breed to which they belong has been kept 
pure for some generations, as is the case in certain families and districts, 
this remark does not apply to any extent. Most farmers now, however, 
who are particular about their horses, either use the pure Suffolk or 
Clydesdale, or put their cross-bred mares to stallions of one or other of 
these breeds. 
