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CHAPTEE VII. 



THE BAROUCHE, LANDAU, AND BROUGHAM 



HORSE. 



The barouche is always drawn by a pair of 

 horses ; the landau and brougham are also 

 pair-horse carriages, except when especially 

 built for single harness. I shall first suppose 

 all three of these carriages are intended to be 

 drawn by pairs of horses. The horses required 

 for this work are chiefly bred in Yorkshire, 

 Lincolnshire, and Shropshire, being, as a 

 rule, a cross between cart-mares — especially if 

 of the Cleveland breed, now rarely met with — 

 and the thoroughbred horse. A good horse of 

 this sort should be lengthy, and yet have a 

 tolerably short back ; should have oblique and 

 muscular shoulders, long, straight,' and strong 



