84 HEAVY AND LIGHT 



Smiler and Pleasant, slab-sided and fiddle- 

 headed, cumbrous and slow, impress no longer 

 by their mere bulk, and are not in it with 

 our Lancashire Lads and Lockington Beauties 

 of to-day. Whatever may be said, and pro- 

 bably there is much to be said, as to the 

 superior stoutness and cleverness of the old 

 steeplechaser, hunter, or hackney which 

 carried our forefathers on business or pleasure, 

 there can be no question as to the great 

 advance which has been made by scientific 

 breeding in the British cart-horse. The ser- 

 vices of improved Clydesdales in the north, 

 SufPolks in the eastern counties, and Shire- 

 bred stallions in almost every part of England 

 are now available to every breeder ; and if 

 the farmer exhibits corresponding enterprise 

 and judgment in selecting his mares, he is 

 not likely to be disappointed in the result. 



Thanks to frequent shows and illustrated 

 articles, the general appearance and points 

 of these three chief breeds of British cart- 



