10 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE BLACK HORSE. 



No other country has produced a breed of Horses 

 equal in size and strength to the larger kind of our 

 draught Horses. The cavalry of England formerly 

 consisted of this class of Horses ; but their inutility 

 being experienced in most situations, others of a 

 lighter and more active kind have been generally 

 substituted, except in a few regiments. In the 

 fens of Lincolnshire a larger breed of Horses is 

 produced than in any other part of this kingdom. 

 In London, there have been instances where a 

 single Horse of that kind, has drawn, for a small 

 space, the enormous weight of three tons, half of 

 which is known to be their ordinary draught. 



Considerable improvements have of late years 

 been made in this kind of Horses, by Mr. Bake- 

 well, of Dishley, and others ; who, by great 

 ingenuity and attention, have acquired such cele- 

 brity, that they frequently sell stallions of their 



