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lively fpirit, which makes a horfe not fteady in 

 drawing ; and it is a great fault in a dray-horfe 

 to be quick or hafty in temper. Like all hor- 

 fes, he mould be chofen with fhort legs, and 

 good ftrong hoofs* He ought to be thick in 

 his thighs, and large in bone: but I can fee no 

 neceffity for that great quantity of hair fo fre- 

 quently met with upon the legs of thefe ani- 

 mals. I am of opinion, that, in refpefl to ufe, 

 he would be better without that fuperfluous 

 ornament: but perhaps, the dealer would not 

 give fo good a price for him without the hair, 

 as with: therefore, as breeders, like other men, 

 mud look to their profit, they will no d^ubt 

 continue to rear fuch horfes as will fetch moft 

 at market, and think more of fhow than real 

 ufe j for a redundancy of hair is not a fure in- 

 dication of ftrength. 



Moft of the obfervations laid down refpee\- 

 ing the dray-horfe are equally applicable to the 

 ftage-waggon horfe. His fhape and make, 

 however, mull not be exactly the fame; for, 

 as the waggon-horfe is required to travel, he 

 muft partake of the nature both of the true 

 dray-horfe, which originally was a native of 

 Flanders, and of the true Englifh coach-horie, 

 a breed unknown anywhere but in this ifland. 



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