THE HARNESS HORSE. 



WANT OF CARRIAGE HORSES IN ENGLAND. 



It cannot be denied that we as a nation 

 devote our attention almost exclusively to 

 the breeding of horses for sport. Having- 

 indulged to the full our preference for race- 

 horses and riding-horses, we have hitherto 

 rendered ourselves almost completely de- 

 pendent upon Continental breeders for our 

 supplies of high-class harness horses. 



It will no doubt surprise many people 

 when they are told that those beautiful 

 match pairs of carriage horses, standing from 

 1 5 '2 to i6'2, and the good-looking teams 

 in private coaches which are among the 

 greatest attractions of our West-end streets 

 and fashionable resorts in the London 

 season, are not the English horses they are 

 fondly believed to be ; they are, with few 

 exceptions, importations from the breeding 

 centres of France, Germany, Hungary, 

 Austria, Italy and Holland. 



