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bay and the Yorkshire coach horse, which 

 as types had, since the disappearance of fast 

 public trafl&c from our roads, been nearly 

 lost, are now in process of being revived 

 and perpetuated by the same means ; though 

 that there will be very much demand for this 

 class of horse in the future I rather question. 

 They are undoubtedly unapproached by any 

 breed in this country for fast yet heavy 

 road work ; but with lighter carriages and 

 only short-distance driving (since in these 

 railway days very few long road journeys 

 are undertaken), the set of public favour 

 seems rather towards the modern hackney 

 type, short, smart, and quick, than those 

 lengthy and upstanding, yet well-coupled 

 horses, which Avould have so delighted our 

 coaching ancestors could they have fore- 

 gathered at some of our Northern and 

 Eastern show rings in recent years. 



It is in the breeding of this modern 

 hackney that the greatest uncertainty seems 



