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is thus beautifully expressed in *' The Pleasures of Memory/' 

 one of the finest didactic poems in our language : — 



" And when the drum beats briskly in the gale, 

 The war-worn courser charges at the sound, 

 And with young vigour wheels the pasture ground." 



THE COACH-HORSE. 



The better kind of coach-horses owe their origin to the 

 Cleveland bays ; the greatest attention being paid to breed- 

 ing them in Yorkshire, Durham, and Northumberland. Some 

 fine horses of this kind have also been bred in Lincolnshire. 

 The most useful are those which are propagated by a cross 

 of the Cleveland mare, with a three-fourth or thoroughbred 

 horse of sufficient substance and height. They have a fine 

 knee action, lift their feet high, which gives grandeur to 

 their figure and paces ; the head is generally well carried, 

 and with a beautifully elevated crest. 



THE CLEVELAND BAYS. 



This fine breed emanated from Cleveland, in Yorkshire, 

 hut are now bred in Northumberland and Durham. They 

 are of a superior size and of a good form, with a strength 

 and activity surpassing most other horses. They are chiefly 

 distinguished by their bay colour. Mares of this breed, 

 with full-blood stallions, produce excellent hunters and 

 roadsters ; and with half-bred stallions, an ofispring very 

 suitable for farm purposes, particularly that of ploughing. 



THE DRAUGHT-HORSE. 



Much variety of opinion has prevailed respecting horses 

 lor the purposes of draught, and consequently these are 

 found to vary throughout the kingdom ; but one principal 

 character now prevails, that of weight, to give them more 



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