The exterior of the horse . ance, they arc driven to two-wheeled wagons calledlaitière.^: They come from the same localities as the preceding, but theyare lighter in weight, more slender, and more active. Their pricevaries from $300 to $320. The subjects which we describe under the names of stage-COach,omnibus, and tramway horses, more bulky and heavier, althoughnot so tall, mark well the transition between the types of the fastheavy-draught, of which we have just spoken, and those of light-draught, which follow immediately afterwards. They are worked intwos and in threes in railroad trucks, i
The exterior of the horse . ance, they arc driven to two-wheeled wagons calledlaitière.^: They come from the same localities as the preceding, but theyare lighter in weight, more slender, and more active. Their pricevaries from $300 to $320. The subjects which we describe under the names of stage-COach,omnibus, and tramway horses, more bulky and heavier, althoughnot so tall, mark well the transition between the types of the fastheavy-draught, of which we have just spoken, and those of light-draught, which follow immediately afterwards. They are worked intwos and in threes in railroad trucks, in omnibuses which are used bylarge transportation companies, and in the street-cars, which, in spiteof their considerable volume, have a very weak coefficient of traction,allowing the use of lighter motors, and therefore lessening the expenseof purchase and of keep. 854 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. The largest of these horses are those used by the French expresscompanies; their height is from metres to metres; then. Fig. 346.—Vélocité, Percheron mare of the Compagnie générale des Exposition of 1878.(Reproduced from a photograph belonging to M. Delton.) Grand prize of the come those of the three-horse omnibus, and of the street-cars, whichare metres to metres; those of the tramways rank last;their height varies from metres to metres. It is impossible to indicate by words the diiferences of conformationwhich distinguish these animals from the preceding. We refer thereader to what we have already said on page 409. They are of aboutthe same type, with more or less bulk and speed according to the heightand the purpose of use. But the volume remains considerable in pro-portion to the members, which, without losing any of their strength,become longer and more slender to give more extent to the movementsand increase the rapidity of the steps (Fig. 346). The Perche, Beauce, Brittany, Normandy, and the Ardennes arethe sections which fu
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