130 THE VICTORIA, STANHOPE OR T- CART HORSE. 



then it is very provoking to liave your coachman whipping, and your two- 

 hundred guinea purchase seesawing Hke a rocking horse, ' all action and no 



go.' 



" There is no mistake greater than selecting horses too large for single 

 harness — 15 hands 3 inches is high enough for any brougham; above that 

 height they may do for parade purposes, but they wear themselves out with 

 their own weight on anything like a journey, say from Kensington to High- 

 gate." — /. 210. 



" Formerly all the (royal) work was done by coaches and chariots, now 

 there are broughams and clarences ; for these we buy smaller horses. We 

 have nothing under sixteen hands in the town carriages. The smaller horses 

 are much more durable ; in fact, if it were not for the look of the thing 

 they would draw the big coaches much better than the bigger Clevelands. 

 The smaller horses are more fashionable, more are bred, and therefore 

 they are more easily obtained ; they are much less likely to become roarers 

 than larger horses. We hardly ever had an instance of a harness horse 

 not over 15 hands 3 inches becoming a roarer, whereas almost all our big 

 bay horses end by being so." — Colonel G. A. Maude, C. B., Crown 

 Equerry, Ibid., p. 24g. 



" Horses not under fifteen hands two inches. To be shown before a 

 brougham; the horse to count 50 per cent ; the brougham, 25 ; harness, 15 ; 

 liveries, 10. The horses should have good manners, stand quietly and back 

 well." — From the Catalogue of tJie National Horse Show Association, i8g8. 



THE VICTORIA, STANHOPE OR T-CART HORSE. 



Horses for such carriages should be similar to those 



described for a brougham, but as these vehicles are not so 



heavy the horses may be correspondingly lighter, quicker 



stepping, and of a more breedy type. As the horses carry 



a minimum amount of harness there is every chance for the 



display of fine proportion and beauty of outline. The size 



desirable is given in a quotation from the National Horse 



Show Catalogue of 1898 : 



"Pair of Horses, not under 15 hands 3 inches, suitable for a Stanhope, 

 Victoria or similar vehicle. Should have conformation, quality, style, and 



