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an hour, equalling the speed of their better bred Eng- 

 lish contemporaries, but not, it is true, keeping it up 

 so long ; their stages being but five miles in length, 

 whereas the English stages were ten miles. 



But whatever the size of the carriage horse, and 

 whatever the use for which he is intended, — whether 

 he is to be a big, prancing coacher, or a fast-stepping 

 barouche horse, or a useful, medium-sized animal, or a 

 stout one for a brougham, or a showy one for a phae- 

 ton, or an all-day nag for a comparatively light car- 

 riage and long drives, — whether he is to be a horse, a 

 cob, or a pony, — let him have the inward energy and 

 the outward grace that only a dash of thoroughbred 

 or Arab blood can supply. Half-bred horses are not 

 only the most useful, but the most beautiful, the 

 world over. 



