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trotting and higli action are compatible witli 

 speed. 



The Omnibus and Yan-horse is rather a non- 

 descript sort of animal, being something be- 

 tween a carriage-horse and that used for heavy 

 draught. There is no distinct breed of this 

 class of horse ; but a great many of our omni- 

 bus-horses come from abroad, especially from 

 Normandy, whilst the van-horses are chiefly 

 chance gets, picked up here and there wher- 

 ever found. Colts got by a carthorse out of a 

 half-bred mare are very apt to develop into van- 

 horses. An omnibus-horse should be capable 

 of drawing a heavy load at a speed of about 

 8 miles an hour, whilst a van-horse should do 

 about 6 miles in the same time. 



The Cart-horse. — The Lincolnshire dray- 

 horse is a large and magnificent animal, being 

 the produce of a cross between the old English 

 black and the Flemish horse, but being very 

 slow, he has for some time been superseded by 

 the Suffolk and Clydesdale horses. In his day he 

 was in great request for brewers' drays, but 



