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si^n of being beaten, for on his rider patting him on the quarter, as lie dismounted after the battle, 

 the game little horse struck out as playfully as it he had only had an hour's canter in the Park. 

 For endurance of fatigue, indeed, he was very remarkable. However great the day's I oil, 

 Copenhagen never refused his corn, though he ate it after a very unusual manner, lying down at full 

 Infill. His colour was a full, rich chestnut ; he had great muscular power, and his general 

 appeanmce rather favoured the Arab's cross in his pedigree, which his lasting qualities tended yi-t, 

 more to confirm. From his size, he was not much adapted to crossing a country, though the Duke is 

 said occasionally to have ridden him with the hounds. 



The paddock of Strath fieldsaye was assigned him, where he passed the remainder of his days in 

 sill possible comfort, having a good stable, a rich pasture in which to range, and being fed twice a day, 

 latterly with oats broken for him. The Duke rarely omitted, when at Strathfieldsaye, a daily visit; 

 the ladies of the family made Copenhagen, as he deserved to be, a special pet; the Duchess used regu- 



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laity to feed him with bread ; and this kindness gave him the habit, particularly after her death, of 

 approaching every lady with confiding familiarity. For many years he was one of the "nights" at 

 Strathfieldsaye. The hair of his mane and his tail was placed in brooches and rings by enthusiastic 

 young ladies. He died in 1825; and a small circular railing still marks the spot in which he \vas 

 interred with military honours. 



If Eklgland is celebrated for its racers, hunters, and useful horses for the saddle and light-draught, 

 it is no less so for its heavy-draught horses. Of these, the lightest, but one of the strongest, is tin- 

 Cleveland hay. This race is confined principally to Durham and Yorkshire. Another valuable stock 

 is the Suffolk punch, now nearly extinct, or, rather, crossed with others. These horses were reared on 

 a .sandy tract of land, in the neighbourhood of Woodbridge. The Suffolk punches, or Suffolk punch 

 snrn-ls, as they were sometimes called, were of various sizes, but the smaller ones were the most 

 serviceable. A single horse of this kind was known to draw in a cart ten sacks of flour, each weighing 

 twenty stone and a half, on a heavy road, for five or six miles. The heavy Lincolnshire black is also 

 celebrated, and exceeds all ill size. It is of animals of this breed that the teams of the brewers' and 



