108 HORSES AND RIDING. 



portions best suited to the work for which, it is 

 intended, that is, to carry very light weights at a 

 very high rate of speed. The result of this is, that 

 most thoroughbred horses, if they are of no use for 

 racing, are prevented by their shape from being so 

 much use for other purposes as they might be, and 

 as horses that are not thoroughbred are. This, 

 however, is not the fault of the breed, but the fault of 

 the people who have bred them. If the same care 

 had been taken to produce thoroughbred horses 

 adapted for other purposes, for instance to carry 

 fifteen stone with hounds, or to win trotting matches, 

 it is highly probable that very perfect specimens of 

 animals of that class would have been produced, 

 with all the good qualities of the present thorough- 

 bred. 



The next distinct breed to the racehorse is that 

 of carriage horses, which are larger and stronger 

 than the racehorse, but cannot compete successfully 

 with them at any single pace, or for any single 

 purpose, with the exception of when their superior 

 size enables them to pull a heavier load on a road. 



Most of the more valuable carriage-horses arc 

 now produced from the racehorse and the carriage 

 mare, but for all that there is a distinct race of 

 coach and carriage horses. 



The next distinct breed is the roadster, trotter, or 

 eob, used for riding on the road or going in harness. 

 The fourth distinct breed is the cart-horse. Of this 



