THE HACKNEY OR HARNESS HORSE 



and proportionate limbs^ constitutes the ideal hackney. It is 

 hardly needful to mention that broken wind (indicated by a 

 chronic, hollow-sounded cough), renders the animal valueless. 



With reference to age, the writer's opinion, if for immediate 

 work in town, is that a horse at live, six, seven or eight years be 

 purchased, certainly not before four or after eight years. 



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