CART HORSES. 209 
haps the most ideal representation of cart horses in 
the world, and yet no exaggeration of the reality. 
Almost all the accessories of the cart horse, his 
trappings, the uses to which he is put, the place in 
which he is kept, the loads that he pulls, are pictu- 
resque. Most often one thinks of him as an agricul- 
tural character, a true son of the soil, who slowly 
draws home a huge pile of hay, or is found at the 
plough, turning up long, glistening lines of rich 
earth. There is nothing spick and span about his 
stable, but, on the contrary, it is marked by pictu- 
resque disorder, — plenty of straw about, the stalls, 
mangers, and roof tinted a rich brown by the long 
lapse of time, cobwebs hanging luxuriantly overhead, 
deep mows of hay, and capacious grain-chests within 
easy reach to hold his provender. 
Nor does the cart horse fail to harmonize with 
his surroundings in the city, where he receives more 
grain and more grooming than are obtainable on the 
farm. His shape, though still round, is here more 
elegant, his neck takes a prouder curve, and his 
coat becomes smooth and glossy: fit servant of com- 
merce; solid and substantial as the Bank of Eng- 
land; conscious of his strength, like a merchant of 
indisputable credit; able to transport the wealth of 
the Indies from wharves to warehouses, or to draw 
towering piles of wool from the railroad to the fac- 
tory.. Smaller animals may clatter over the massive 
pavements of the city, but the cart horse, with his 
slow, majestic step and proudly bent head, is its 
proper denizen of the equine race. 
Long established and wealthy firms do not hesitate 
to borrow splendor from the excellence of their cart 
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