172 THE BROOD MARE. 



So far as we can see, while motor-power will 

 be more extensively used for trade and 

 business purposes, horses will be for a long 

 while yet kept for sport, pleasure, ornament, 

 and warfare. Pewer will perhaps be bred : 

 those of superior quality. The ordinary 

 drudge and general-purpose animal, even 

 the as yet indispensable van and cart horse, 

 may largely disappear : but the race horse, 

 the hunter, the park hack, the smart pony, 

 and possibly another type or two, will be 

 with us for some time to come. The heavy 

 draught horse, which at the present moment 

 is one of the most (perhaps the most) 

 profitable animals to breed, may or may 

 not be almost immediately superseded by 

 mechanical traction on our farms and 

 roads. 



It will be sufficient in any case to premise, 

 that any remarks made in this chapter in 

 regard to the late-foaling mares are intended 

 to apply as fully to the cart mare as to 



