CHAPTER III, 



THE CARRIAGE-HORSE. 



BY THE EARL OF ONSLOW. 



WITH regard 

 to horses, as 

 to most other 

 things, tastes 

 differ greatly. Many 

 men have fancies of 

 their own as to 



colour, shape, size, and so forth ; but our book would be in- 

 complete if we did not include a chapter on the carriage-horse, 

 in the hope that it may be found useful to a certain class of 

 readers ; as, for instance, to those who may be meditating the 

 establishment, for the first time, of a stable of their own. The 

 difficulties and chicaneries of horse-dealing are notorious, but 

 apart from this it is well that men should possess some know- 

 ledge of the animals that they own. The inexperienced buyer 



