The choice of a horse for harness, is in several 

 respects far less difficult than the selection of a 

 saddle horse ; yet it must be remembered that an 

 animal which is sold for the collar, is frequently- 

 parted with for a dangerous fault in harness. I 

 have long made it a rule never to put a horse in 

 my stanhope, that I had not previously tried in 

 the saddle. When I am on his back, I am his 

 master ; when at his tail, he is mine ; and there- 

 fore, I like to know his temper before I place 

 myself in his power. 



Draught work is far less severe labour than 

 carrying weight, if the carriage is fairly adj usted 

 to the strength, and the roads ^re tolerable. It 

 follows that many blemishes which denote un- 

 soundness, and many actual defects, are compara- 

 tively immaterial. All draught work, too, is done 



