IV 
CONTENTS. 
1. THE HORSE.— Continued. 
the Islands of the Hebrides ; of Wales, of Dartmoor, Exmoor, 
Hampshire, and the older Forests.—The Pack-Horses of England, 
and Galloways of the border counties.—Varieties of British Horses 
—produced, 1 st, By differences in the native races; and, ‘Idly , By 
more or less intermixture of foreign blood.—Classes of British 
Horses considered with relation to their services and uses, from the 
Race-horse and Hunter down to the races in which no intermixture, 
or a slight one, of foreign blood exists.—Tendency to a lighter form 
of the Horses of the country.—Causes and effects of this change.—• 
The old English Coach-horse—the modern Coach-horse—the Road- 
l 10rse —the Hackney—and the Cavalry Horse.—Advantages of a 
more light and graceful form of the Horse, and the disadvantages, 
under certain circumstances, of the course of breeding pursued.— 
Causes of the errors in the principle and practice of breeding as ap¬ 
plied to the common Horses of the country, and the modes of ob¬ 
viating their effects.—Importance of the cultivation of the Horse as 
a branch of national industry, . . Pages 29—38 
5.—THE OLD ENGLISH BLACK HORSE. 
The Old English Black Horse; its similarity to the race of the same 
colour existing in the Lower Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt.— 
The race naturalized in England from the Humber to the Cam, and 
extending westward through the midland counties to the Severn; 
its great physical power, but deficiency in speed and action.—Im¬ 
provement of the breed by the introduction of the same race from 
Holland and Flanders.—Description of the modern Black Horse; 
its useful properties and defects ; its extensive employment in the 
central and southern counties for waggons and heavy carriages.— 
The Dray-horses of London.—Improvements of which the breed 
is susceptible, ..... 39—40 
6.—THE CLEVELAND BAY. 
Notice of the Horses of England north of the Humber, corresponding in 
character with those of the Danish dominions of Holstein, Sleswick, 
and Jutland.—Their smaller bulk of body as compared with the 
Black Horse, and their variation in aspect, colour, and form.— 
Formation of the Cleveland Bay in the North Riding of Yorkshire, 
and its extension to the great breeding districts of the north of 
England.—The Cleveland Bay a true breed, exhibiting a similarity 
of characters in the individuals ; its adaptation to chariots and the 
lighter carriages; the great demand which exists for it in London 
and other opulent cities, and the large exportation of it to other 
countries.—The crossing of it by Horses of superior breeding, and 
production of Horses of a yet lighter standard, . 41—42 
7.—THE SUFFOLK PUNCH. 
Its sorrel colour, connecting it with a race of Horses largely diffused in 
Europe; its affinity in characters with the Horses of Normandy ; its 
form and properties; the estimation in which it is held for the purposes 
of labour, and the trueness with which it performs the required work. 
—System of crossing pursued with the larger Horses of Durham 
and Yorkshire.—Superiority of the Breed over the Black Horse 
for activity and endurance, and the demand which has arisen for it 
for the purposes of the dray.—Notice of the larger Horses of Wales, 
and of the mixed breeds of other parts of the country, 43-44 
8.—THE CLYDESDALE BREED. 
Its derivation from the western parts of Scotland, and chiefly from the 
vale of Clyde and the neighbouring districts,—its connection with 
the Black Horse of Holland and the Netherlands,—its colour, form, 
and properties,—its superiority to the Black Horse in action, but 
its less weighty, compact, and muscular form.—Its freedom from 
vice, and adaptation to the labours of draught and the field.—Its 
diffusion, and the further attention required on the part of the 
breeders, ..... 45—46 
