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justify such a course? In brief, I answer no, and say unhesitatingly 

 that the horse just described is the lowest in the scale that we should 

 raise, and should by no means be the mark at which we aim. 



If we are to breed horses for the greatest profit we must attempt 

 (conditions being favorable) the production of the most valuable 

 horse in general and constant demand, and with this higher object in 

 view we will raise a sufficient number of bus horses and others of 

 mediocre quality. Would it not be foolish for the breeders of the 

 United States to raise, as a matter of choice, horses that will only 

 sell at a moderate price, when by aiming higher they can produce 

 horses worth double as much? In aiming higher they are at least 

 assured of producing the commoner horse, though they fail to accom- 

 plish all they had hoped. 



Starting with the bus and van horse, as we ascend the scale we 

 come to the private single-cab and brougham horse. These horses 

 are owned by gentlemen for their private use, and are kept by the 

 better class of stables for the use of persons who are willing to pay 

 more than the ordinary cab fares for a "turn-out," which has every 

 appearance of, and is, in one sense of the word, a private carriage. 

 The horse that draws these must have more style and finish than the 

 bus horse I have described. The more style and action he possesses, 

 with sufficient quality and size, the more dignified will be his work, 

 until he passes, by insensible shades, into the fine high-class carriage 

 horse, of which I shall have much to say later on. 



In the horse, between the bus and high-class carriage horse, color 

 is not considered unless it be a very bad gray, as their purchasers go 

 on the theory that one color is as good as another, with the above 

 exception; but as we ascend the scale and approach more nearly the 

 high carriage class it will be seen that there are several points to 

 consider which have not yet had our attention. 



# It is only by the large infusion of draft blood that the United 

 States has increased the size of its horses, and while this one feature — 

 size — was indispensable, the Englishman complains that they are a 

 little too coarse, and asks if we can not give him, in addition to size, 

 a little smoother form. As we become able to do this our horses will 

 advance still further from the bus horse until he becomes an excel- 

 lent general-purpose horse, of which there is at present time a great 

 scarcity. This horse in England will be used by a gentleman of 

 moderate means, who can only afford to keep one horse in the expen- 

 sive city of London, and wants this one to be suitable for his single 

 brougham, his cart, and do moderately well under the saddle, besides 

 being of such general utility that he can always sell him at a fair price. 

 This horse is also a good cavalry horse and is one which we are to-day 

 prepared to raise in the United States to better advantage, generally 

 speaking, than any other. 



It will be seen that this horse is of good conformation and of much 

 substance and quality. His legs and feet are good and he stands 



