THE CLASSES OF HORSES 



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must drive heavily." Their vehicles are designed on lines of 

 dignity and elegance, which make them in some cases almost 

 ponderous. The harness, by which the horses are put to them, 

 is of necessity correspondingly heavy, characterized by weight 

 of leather, Kay collars, metal mountings, Liverpool, elbow, 

 or Buxton bits, with side or no bearing reins. The horse, to 

 complete this equipage and be capable of both acting and looking 

 the part, must be close and full made with extreme finish, style, 

 and action — the show type. 



I'lG. 42. — An cxpresser for lijiht delivery .service, .shdwinii I lie coiiilniia 

 size and substance with coach horse form and finish. 



Ill draft hort 



Coach horses are big, substantial, heavy harness horses with 

 enough size and substance to pull a brougham or coach, yet suffi- 

 ciently refined to make a good appearance (Fig. 43). They must 

 have an elegant, bold, commanding way of going about an eight- 

 mile pace, ^\'itli manners that will insure safe conveyance through 

 city traffic, or standing in pose for long periods of waiting. 

 Coach horses are put to the brougham, landau, or, as wheelers 

 especially, to the brake, drag, or coach, hitched singly, in pairs, 

 or fours. 



Parh horses, as the name implies, are for park driving, not 



