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not always necessary. Very many horses of fourteen and a half handa. 

 are exquisitely handsome and cai);il)lc of very fast work. One of th« 

 best we ever knew was a St. Lawrence mare fourteen hands hi^h, that 



v*ry few large horses could get by on a smooth roaa — the *'Baby," uk 

 >ji« was called — when driven on a track, always going as a pacer. 



