. The harness horse . in 1852, of has earned a much more worthymention than we can give him by winningthe first hackney stallion prize at the lastNorfolk Agricultural Show. Lord Hastingshas two hackney stallions of the Fireawaybreed, which are occasionally seen inharness. A grand example of the Norfolk Hackneyat this period was Hazard, a cabriolet horsebelonging to Lord Chesterfield. The sym-metrica] shape and bold action of this horseis well shown in the portrait here could trot at the rate of sixteenmiles an hour, and when put up for sale atTattersalls in 1836 w
. The harness horse . in 1852, of has earned a much more worthymention than we can give him by winningthe first hackney stallion prize at the lastNorfolk Agricultural Show. Lord Hastingshas two hackney stallions of the Fireawaybreed, which are occasionally seen inharness. A grand example of the Norfolk Hackneyat this period was Hazard, a cabriolet horsebelonging to Lord Chesterfield. The sym-metrica] shape and bold action of this horseis well shown in the portrait here could trot at the rate of sixteenmiles an hour, and when put up for sale atTattersalls in 1836 was purchased for 330guineas by the Marquis of Abercorn. The famous Pastoti Letters containevidence concerning the trotters whichwere obtainable in Norfolk in the fifteenthcentury. Records show that in the seven-teenth century Norfolk had a reputation forits roadsters ; for Marshall, in his RuralEconomy of Norfolk, published in 1795, saysthat before Queen Annes reign (1702-1714)the farmers of the country used an active. 53 breed of horses which could not only trot,but gallop ; and the curious team-races thiswriter describes, proves that that Norfolkbreed of the seventeenth and eighteenthcenturies was sure-footed as well as team consisted of five horses whichwere harnessed to an empty waggon: thusMarshall speaks as an eye-witness :— A team following another upon a common brokeinto a gallop, and, unmindful of the ruts, hollowcavities and rugged ways, contended strenuously forthe lead, while the foremost team strove as eagerlyto keep it. Both were going at full gallop, as fastindeed as horses in harness could go for a consider-able distance, the drivers standing upright in theirrespective waggons. Laurence, in his Treatise on the Horse,says of the Suffolk and Norfolk horses :— I have seen a cart horse of this description which,bating a little coarseness of the head, was perhapsas fit to get hacks and hunters from proper maresas the best bred horse alive. I have also
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