the upstanding carriage horses we have 

 neglected for our own requirements. 



SHAPE AND ACTION OF CARRIAGE HORSES. 



The pictures of Barouche, Landau, Vic- 

 toria and other horses for harness given in 

 these pages were drawn from Hfe. In each 

 of the animals portrayed there is a prepon- 

 derance of Hackney blood. 



To describe a perfect animal in writing 

 is impossible ; the attributes which go to 

 secure the essential qualifications of the horse 

 for active road work are beyond the power 

 of pen to record, and can only be appre- 

 ciated in the moving animal by men con- 

 versant with those qualifications. 



To say that the breeder's aim should be to 

 produce the most valuable animal is to state 

 a general proposition whose soundness no 

 one will deny ; and despite the unsatisfactori- 

 ness of verbal description it may be desirable 

 to sketch the outline of the perfect carriage 

 horse. 



He should be upstanding ; the neck 

 springing well from the shoulders, which 

 should be deep and well set back into the 

 loins ; back not too short or cob-like ; ribs 

 well arched ; hind-quarters broad and mus- 



