VZ THE PRACTICAL HORSE KEEPER. 



by degi^ees into good society, after graduating in bakers' or 

 butchers' carts, there is every probability of their being accus- 

 tomed to the collar, even if they do not bear the marks which 

 so frequently attend its use. Indeed, harness appears to be 

 *' the badge of all their tribe." Mention is made of a cob, 

 fourteen hands three inches high, five years old, and rather 

 plain than othei-wise, which won a leaping prize at one of the 

 Agricultural Hall shows, and was sold for eighty guineas, 

 to a heavy-weight financier who intended to use the animal 

 as a " constitutional " park hack, notwithstanding a collar 

 blemish ; a year later the cob was sold at a profit. 



The ordinary cob is a most useful animal, either in saddle 

 or harness, and may be looked upon as the "horse of all 

 work," either in large or very limited studs, and es];)ecially for 

 household work. 



Next to the cob for usefulness comes the pony, especially 

 in an establishment where there are children; but of this 

 animal we will treat hereafter. 



CARRIAGE AND LIGHT DRAUGHT-HORSES. 



These useful animals are of various degrees of utility, 

 quality, and consequently cost. Pair-carriage horses, if well 

 matched in size, pace, and colour, and in their way of first- 

 class quality, will bring a large price — say from two to four or 

 five hundred pounds. 



The size of carriage horses will depend upon their work, or 

 rather upon the size of the vehicles they are required to 

 draw ; so that we have them measuring from fourteen to 

 sixteen and even seventeen hands high. 



The barouche is always a 2mi7'-ho7'se carriage, as is also the 

 landau and the brougham, unless these are specially adapted 

 for a single horse. Such horses are generally half-bred, and 

 are chiefly reared in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Shropshire ; 



