Photo by G. A. Tadman. 



Hackney stallion, ROYAL DANEGELT 5785, owned by Sir Walter Gilbey, 

 Elsenham Hall, Essex. Winner of championship at London Hackney 

 Show, 1898, and at the Manchester show of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society of England in 1897. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE HACKNEY HORSE. 



*pHE HACKNEY was established in Great Britain as a breed to meet the 

 requirements for a horse of extreme smoothness, with gracefully curved 

 outlines, having the action necessary to show these to the best advantage. 

 The head is light, neck muscular and curved but free from heaviness ; 

 shoulders smooth and laid well back ; body circular, compact, short ; hips 

 smooth ; quarters plump with muscle, legs short with tendons clearly defined. 

 Their action is noted for its straightness and height, and the regularity of 

 knee and hock movement. There is a variation in the types of the breed, some 

 showing more upstanding with abundance of quality and straighter lines, 

 while others are shorter limbed, fuller made and especially strong in action 

 from a carriage standpoint. The secretary of the Hackney Horse Association 

 of Great Britain has summed up the general description of the Hackney, 

 which, as he says, fitted old style and new ideal, in the following: "A power- 

 fully built, short legged, big, broad horse, with an intelligent head, neat neck, 

 strong, level back, powerful lines and as perfect shoulders as can be pro- 

 duced; good feet, flat boned legs, and height of from 15.2 hands to 15.3^. 

 In addition to showing a type required for a carriage horse, the hackney must 

 possess as a necessary essential true carriage or coach action. 



