60 THE HORSE. 



town A-om Chatsworth, in Derbyshire, in three days; 

 but the Duke of Rutland, not being equally expe- 

 ditious, Mr. Speaker Onslow apologized for him, by 

 informing the House that the Duke of Devonshire 

 had travelled at '" a prodigious rate, not less than 

 Jiftt/ miles a-dayT 



A stage-coach, at that time, took the whole day 

 to travel from London to Epsom, a distance of only 

 sixteen miles, and the passengers dined upon the 

 road. From Edinburgh to London, lietween which 

 cities there was only one monthly conveyance as a 

 stage-coach, the time occupied in performing the 

 distance was from sixteen to eighteen days. 



Hackney-coaches were first introduced in London 

 in the reign of Charles I. 



The principal points of the coach-horse are those 

 which qualify him for endurance of hard work ; a 

 deep and Vv'ell-proportioned body, bone under the 

 knee, substance in its right place, and sound, open, 

 tough feet. 



The origin of the coach-horse is the Cleveland 

 bay, but, perhaps, with a mixture of other north ern 

 counties besides Yorkshire. 



THi: HEAVY DRAUGHT-HORSE. 



Horses of this denomination are descended from 

 the Norman stallion and the Suffolk cart-mare ; but 

 the true Suffolk (and the same may be said of the 

 Cleveland) is now nearly extinct. It stood from 

 fifteen to sixteen hands higli, of a sori'el colour; was 

 large-headed, low-shouldered, and thick on the top; 

 deep and round-chested, long-backed, high in the 

 croup, large and strong in the quarters, full in the 

 flanks, round in the legs, and short in the pasterns. 

 The present breed inherits many of the good quali- 

 ties of the original ; it is more or less inclined to a 

 ©orrel colour ; is taller, higher, and finer in the 



