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CHAP. VI. 



0N DRAFT CATTLE, AND THEIR USE AND 

 MANAGEMENT, BOTH IN TOWN AND 

 COUNTRY. 



TTORSES. applied to the purpofe of quick 

 ■*?•*" draft, are difiinguifhed by the various 

 appellations of coach-horses, chariot and 



PHAETON-HORSES, CHAISE and GIG-HORSES, 

 MACHINERS, MAIL-COACH and P OST-HO R SES *. 



thofe appertaining to slow-draft, are called 

 cart, dray, or plow-horses. 



Refpecling the higheft form, of the fpecies 

 of Coach-horfes in this country, I have icarce 

 any thing to add, to the few remarks made in 

 the fecond chapter. The true horfe for quick 

 draft, mufl be from fifteen to fixteen hands 

 high, with a lofty fore-hand, fubftance fome- 

 what obliquely placed, and fufhcient racing 

 blood to give him good aclion, and a fine coat. 

 Mr. Culley's favourite form of lhoulder, before 

 noticed, is, no doubt, admirably adapted to this 

 purpofe. 



The few foreign coach-horfes, in ufe among 

 us, at this time ; fuch as, the Friezeland, Ha- 

 noverian, and Neapolitan, if they make a more 

 (lately and fuperb appearance, and have more 



lofty 



