IS 



others, each variety perfectly distinct in' 

 appearance ; among sheep we find equally 

 distinct breeds developed to the same stand- 

 ard of perfection ; and again the same evidence 

 of judicious selection in the case of the pig. 



WANT OF SYSTEM IN BREEDING CARRIAGE 

 HORSES. 



The Carriage horse of high class stands 

 alone among domestic animals as the one we 

 cannot, or at all events do not, produce at 

 home in numbers sufficient for our require- 

 ments. The haphazard method of breeding 

 which is far too common in England is likely 

 to produce horses fit for use in any sphere 

 but in harness. 



iVIr. E. Greene, M.P. (now Sir Edward 

 Greene, Bart.), made the following preg- 

 nant statement in course of the evidence 

 he eave before the Lords' Horse Breeding; 

 Commission in 1873 : 



" I think that harness horses are really 

 the most scarce animals ; that is to say, a 

 carriage horse, a phaeton horse or a horse 

 to drive in a dog-cart. The qualifications 

 for a hunter are not of the same description. 

 With a hunter men put up with a good deal. 

 A horse that will jump is called a hunter, 



