40 THE HORSE. 



During this reign private matches 

 were often run for; and ladies of high 

 rank who had been accustomed to ride 

 by the side of gentlemen on pillions, 

 which practice was soon discontinued 

 Introduction aftci* the introductlou of vehicles to 



of carriages. 



carry people by the Earl of Arundel, 

 1580. 



Lumbering horses were first attached 

 to these primary heavy carriages. The 

 then novelty caused most of the nobles 

 and the rich " to set their Pickfords," 

 which ultimately led to better designs 

 in the constructions of carriages, and to 

 an increased demand for active horses. 

 So great, we learn, was the demand for 

 carriages, and horses to draw them, that 

 a Bill was introduced into the House of 

 Lords "to restrain the superfluous and 



