CLYDESDALE CART HORSE. 
The dray Horse is a very slow animal, and cannot be permanently quickened in his 
pace, even if the load be comparatively heht. Its breast is very broad, and its shoulders 
thick and upright, the body large and round, the legs short, and the feet extre ree large. 
The ordinary pace of the heavy Draught Horse is under three miles per hour, but by 
judicious admixture of the Flemish breed, the pace is nearly doubled, the endurance 
increased, and the dimensions very slightly diminished. The great size of the dray Horse 
is required, not for the absolute amount of pulling which it performs, but for the need 
of a large and heavy animal in the shafts to withstand the extreme jolting and battering 
that takes place as the springless drays are dragged over the rough stones of the me tropolis. 
And as a team of two or three small leaders and one huge wheeler would look absurd, it 
is needful to have all the Horses of uniform dimensions and appearance. 
The genuine dray Horse is a noble beast, and it is very pleasant to see the kindly 
feelings which exist between them and their drivers. The long whip is carried upon the 
drayman’s shoulders more as a badge of office than as an instrument of torture, and if used 
at all, it is gently laid upon the Horse’s back, accompanied with some endearing language, 
which is very intelligib le to the Horse, but not to be comprehended by ordinary Pian 
intellects. 
One of the best Horses for ordinary heavy work is the CLyDESDALE CART Horse, an 
animal which has derived its name from the locality where it was first bred. It is larger 
than the Suffolk Punch, and owes its origin to the Lanark Horse, crossed with the large 
Flemish breed. In temper it is docile, and it is possessed of enormous strength and great 
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