96 HEAVY AND LIGHT 



descendants of the stout stallions which, 

 before the days of La grande Vitesse, used 

 to trundle the heavy diligence along the 

 chaussees of Jja belle France at their round, 

 untiring trot, were well adapted to such 

 work. Nowadays, Canadians are mostly 

 used, and sonie of them seem useful animals 

 enough ; but, besides being very plain, they 

 hardly look so well up to their work as the 

 Erench horses did, and drivers tell me they 

 are often soft. The tramcars can do with 

 a lighter animal, for though very large 

 they run comparatively lightly when once 

 started, and on rails a very moderate pair 

 of horses can pull a considerable weight at 

 a smart trot. 



We can hardly talk of breeding these light 

 draught horses. You cannot rear a colt and 

 keep him till he is sufficiently matured for 

 street work, and make any profit on him at 

 a contract price of £30 ; it would be a 

 sorrier commercial enterprise than breeding 



