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for what is required, and a certain amount 

 of bulk is essential for heavy draught work ; 

 but for every other purpose activity and 

 endurance are of far greater importance 

 than mere size and weight. 



For omnibus and tramcar work, perhaps the 

 hardest to which horses are put, a horse of 

 moderate size, say from 1000 to 1100 lb. in 

 weight is always to be preferred ; for, if too 

 light, the exertion of constantly starting the 

 great weight of such vehicles is too much 

 for them, and keeps them in poor condition ; 

 while, if too large, the continual battering 

 upon hard roads wears out their feet and 

 legs, and they do not last. 



On farm lands too, except perhaps on 

 heavy clay, the moderate-sized animal answers 

 best for general purposes. On a large arable 

 farm I know, where many horses are em- 

 ployed, a former tenant, besides several 

 teams of moderate-sized animals, used always 

 to work one team of very large horses, and 



