SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



VANNERS. 



Provided that the right stamp of horse 

 be found, it matters not what breed it 

 be, in fact, most Vanners are crossbreds, 

 the results of mating a Clydesdale or 

 Shire horse with a Hackney or crossbred 

 mare. 



Van horses are more or less " chance " 

 productions in the majority of instances. 



The^/ are divisible into two classes : 



{a) Light Vanners ; 



{b) Those used for heavy work. 

 As nearly all van horses have to do 

 their work at the trot, they must not 

 be too heavy in body. 



For breeding Vanners, a most excel- 

 lent cross would be that of a Suffolk 

 entire with a stoutly built Hackney 

 mare. Tolerably regular results might 

 be hoped for, and a better standard of 

 van horse produced. One meets with 

 all sorts and conditions of van horses, 

 but to accomplish this class of work 



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