THE HORSE. 9 



a vehicle. The racer again could not 

 compete with the van or cart-horse for 

 strength ; he could not draw heavy 

 carts laden with weighty commodities, 

 at such work he would not last a 

 week. As a weioiit-carrvmo- hunter and height re- 



'-' .- o qnired to 



brougham-horse he sometimes puts in an {J'^^cTenr^ 

 appearance, when his size, strength, and 

 good shape, command a price only to be 

 reached by the very rich. The thorough- 

 bred horse very seldom exhibits, un- 

 fortunately, the qualifications recjuired to 

 carry sixteen stone, or to draw a ton ; 

 yet many half-bred animals possess that 

 physical development which renders them 

 capable of such performances. And it is 

 this breed which we are much in want 

 of and which the foreigner, from British 

 material has supplied, and consequently 



