THE CARRIAGE-HORSE. 



of miles has been travelled 

 at the end of the week, 

 and the pace is so slow 

 that it will be no guide to 

 the average horse-master. 

 For quicker work the 

 hardy cobs which are 

 used in the newspaper or 

 butchers' carts do good 

 service; some of them ave- 

 rage over twenty miles a 

 day, quick work but with 

 constant stoppages. It is 

 the rule of well-conducted 

 offices to keep spare horses, 

 so that each of the animals 

 gets two days' rest a week. 



111 LIL - JL They only last, however, 



two to three years, one that has been working five years being 



