. The book of the horse : thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred, saddle and harness, British and foreign, with hints on horsemanship; the management of the stable; breeding, breaking and training for the road, the park, and the field. Horses; Horsemanship. 538 The Book of the Horse. Amongst the various forms of family pony phaetons, boat or clothes-basket shaped, or wagonette, or %'is-a-vis, fit for a cob, a twelve-hand pony, or even a donkey, all tastes and nearly all incomes could be suited. With the very plainest harness, with a breast-plate instead of a collar, and a pony, plucky and free, p
. The book of the horse : thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred, saddle and harness, British and foreign, with hints on horsemanship; the management of the stable; breeding, breaking and training for the road, the park, and the field. Horses; Horsemanship. 538 The Book of the Horse. Amongst the various forms of family pony phaetons, boat or clothes-basket shaped, or wagonette, or %'is-a-vis, fit for a cob, a twelve-hand pony, or even a donkey, all tastes and nearly all incomes could be suited. With the very plainest harness, with a breast-plate instead of a collar, and a pony, plucky and free, perfectly steady, but without a particle of shy in him, even if rather shaky on his fore-legs, you have something that will do for the daily exercise of the children, and for use as a market or luggage cart, or to take any one to the station at five minutes' notice; accessible, without a let-down step, to the feeble and fat. The first cost is trifling, the tax nominal; the cost of the pony, a truss of hay a week and an occasional feed of oats. In no description of vehicle is there more choice in any part of the countr}', of any material, from the more costly and highly-finished to the simplest demands of utility, new or second- hand, at all prices, from £^ BASKET PONY PHAETON. SPORTING, RURAL, AND MISCELLANEOUS FOUR-WHEELED CARRIAGES. The names of the four-wheeled carriages intended solely for country use, which go under the name of dog-carts—although many of them have barely room to stow away a full- sized tom-cat—which have been invented since 1852 would alone fill many pages. There is the dog-cart proper, on high wheels, which carries four persons—two facing the horse or horses, and their backs to their two fellow-passengers; with room beneath for dogs, if needful, or a great quantity of baggage of any kind. This is a compact class of vehicle that follows well, having the fore and hind pairs of wheels near together ; the body so constructed that fairly high f
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