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shoulders; and is a cross with the Y( rkshire* half or 

 three-fourths bred. 



The old Suffolk possessed remarkable nimbleness 

 of action, and the modern breed has not entii^ely lost 

 it. The cart-horse has this peculiarity ; he knows 

 the extent of his powers, and failing to accomplish 

 the task imposed upon him, no exercise of the whip, 

 or any other method of spurring him on, will succeed 

 in making him exert his strength, and strain his 

 muscles in vain. The Suffolk punch is now greatly 

 changed from what he was in his high and palmy 

 days. There is also the Clydesdale breed, very good 

 for hilly farms ; and the heavy hlack liorsc, bred 

 chiefly in the midland counties from Lincolnshire 

 to Staffordshire, They are sold by the dealers in 

 the London market at a handsome premium. 



THE DRAY HORSE. 



This -kind of horse should have a broad breast, 

 with thick and upright shoulders, a low forehand, 

 deep and round baiTel, loins broad and high, ample 

 quarters, thick fore-arms and thighs ; short legs, 

 round hoofs, broad at the heels, and not too flat in 

 the soles. The heavy draught horse has been latterly 

 much crossed by the Flanders' breed, and evidently 

 to advantage. Those attached to brewers' drays are 

 generally animals of the finest description, large, 

 muscular, and in excellent condition. They always 

 know what they are about, and are coirected as 

 easily as a child, or more so, and are perfectly docile. 

 The dray horses in the metropolis, and other large 

 towns, are of inestimable importance. 



THE CHARGER, OR CAVALRY HORSE. 



The noble animal bearing this name is not trained 

 for vulgar uses, either on the road or at the plough ; 



