98 HEAVY AND LIGHT DRAUGHT HORSES. 



made so stately a show in park and square, 

 and which required big, upstanding horses 

 with breed and fashion, are now rarely seen ; 

 but instead are multitudinous broughams, 

 victorias, etc., which are better horsed by 

 smaller and more compact animals with 

 quick and lively action. These, when 

 possessed of the requisite symmetry and 

 style, are eagerly bought for town work 

 and exportation ; the second class find a fair 

 market in the provinces ; while the inferior 

 produce, the misfits and failures as I have 

 termed them, are very unlikely to be so 

 bad as not readily to find a place somewhere 

 or other in the ranks of the great army of 

 light draught horses which daily earn their 

 own and their owners' keep on the busy 

 streets and roads of this great commercial 

 country. Nevertheless, for long, hard, or 

 fast work in light harness, horses of a 

 well-bred hunter type are much to be 

 preferred. 



