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brougham, or a dog-cart, and, if well managed, 

 will last for years. All I have said about forage 

 applies in this case also, except, of course, that a 

 horse of this class would not be fed so highly as 

 the hunter. Peas, beans, and, to a great extent, 

 bran, except when the horse is out of sorts, may 

 be dispensed with. But the same care should be 

 taken with his hay and oats. It is not always 

 necessary to buy the hay and oats of the best, as I 

 have already pointed out \ but in spite of the need 

 for economy it is well to remember that the best 

 food is really the cheapest. The feeding value is 

 so much greater and the horse is likely to thrive 

 better and last longer. There is no sort of 

 horse or pony which does not pay for care in 

 feeding. If an animal is to look well, go fairly 

 fast, and do a reasonable amount of work, it 

 must be fed accordingly. Thus, for a family 

 harness horse in full work, the following ration — 

 8 to lo lbs. oats, 2 lbs. bran, and 14 to 16 lbs. 

 hay, according to the size of the animal, would 

 be sufficient, with a bran mash on Saturday night. 

 One such there was in my family that came from 

 Wales and worked for twenty-three years, never 

 being sick or sorry during the whole time. I 

 suspect that most of such horses are by well-bred 

 horses from active cart mares, the latter going 

 back on the dam's side to mountain pony blood. 

 It is a favourite idea of mine that horses are bred 

 because the inhabitants of a district want that class 



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