THE CLYDESDALE HORSE. 



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The dray Horse is a very slow animal, and cannot be permanently quickened in his 

 pace, even if the load be comparatively light. Its breast is very broad, and its shoulders 

 thick and upright, the body large and round, the legs short, and the feet extremely 1. 

 The ordinary pace of the heavy Draught Horse is under three miles per hour, but by 

 a judicious admixture of the Flemish breed, the pace is nearly doubled, the endurance 

 increased, and the dimensions very slightly diminished. The great size of the dray 

 Horse is required, not for the absolute amount of pulling which it performs, but for the 

 need of a large and heavy animal in the shafts to withstand the extreme jolting and 

 battering that takes place as the springless drays are dragged over the rough stones of 

 the metropolis. And as a team of two or three small leaders and one huge wheeler 

 would look absurd, it is needful to have all the Horses of uniform dimensions and 

 appearance. 



CLYDESDALE CART HORSE. 



The genuine dray Horse is a noble beast, and it is very pleasant to see the kindly 

 feelings which exist between them and their drivers. The long whip is carried upon 

 the drayman's shoulders more as a badge of office than as an instrument of torture, and 

 if used at all, it is gently laid upon the Horse's back, accompanied with some endear- 

 ing language, which is very intelligible to the Horse, but not to be comprehended by 

 ordinary human intellects. 



ONE of the best Horses for ordinary heavy work is the CLYDESDALE CART HORSE, an 

 animal which has derived its name from the locality where it was first bred. It is larger 

 than the Suffolk Punch, and owes its origin to the Lanark Horse, crossed with the 

 large Flemish breed. In temper it is docile, and it is possessed of enormous strength 



