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sidered probable that a good racer would carry a 

 a weight of eight stone more than twenty-six miles 

 in one hour*. 



THE DRAY-HORSE. 



BESIDES its Race-Horses, this country boasts 

 another breed, which, for one peculiarity, are con- 

 sidered to be unrivalled. These are the large and 

 heavy black Dray-Horses, so common in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, which, in point of size and 

 fatness, do not, perhaps, admit of any equal; though 

 for hardiness, vivacity, and nervous energy, they do 

 not rank high among their species. " Eastern 

 princes, (observes Dr. Anderson,) have their sta- 

 bles filled with stately elephants for parade, because 

 none else can afford to keep them; and wealthy 

 London brewers, for the same reason, turn out 

 these monstrous animals, day after day, to. paw 

 up the streets, and to be gazed at, as a wonder, 

 by the admiring multitudef." These Horses are 

 likewise used by the farmers in some parts of 

 Hampshire and Berkshire, where the teams form 

 a considerable article of ostentation and parade. 



* Lawrence on Horses, ii. p. 185. 

 f Anderson's Recreations in Agriculture, c. iv. p, 241. 



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