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horses, the carriage-dog delighted most in attending 

 on a " pair," and used spontaneously to take and 

 keep his place exactly between the two hind wheels, 

 or preferably under the hook of the pole. A 

 London coachman, who for years had charge of a 

 large and beautiful stable of superb carriage-horses, 

 told the writer that a carriage-dog owned by his 

 master invariably ran beneath the pole-chains the 

 moment the carriage started, and would make the 

 circuit of the park several times without moving 

 more than a few inches from his place, the three 

 animals two horses and the dog moving like a 

 machine. Curiously enough, the dog chose his par- 

 ticular horse to live and sleep with in the stable ; 

 when travelling and in inn stables it mounted guard 

 over this horse's box, and would allow no strange 

 ostler or groom to approach it. 



Greyhounds also learn to run with traps. It was 

 the custom for sporting farmers in East Anglia to 

 drive to market with a pair of these dogs, either 

 running with their heads just beneath the tail-board 

 or one on either side of the cart. Their pace was 

 a trot, step for step with the horse. 



The use of carts and carriages for locomotion is 

 much more readily learnt by dogs than the art of 

 keeping safe among traffic. Sporting dogs soon 

 learn to like being driven to the shooting ground. 

 When accustomed to this they will jump up the 

 moment the tail-board is lowered, and curl up 

 under the seat, and show great discontent if not 

 offered a place. But nearly all are singularly dull 



