. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 454 HORSE HORSE as he can obtain from job masters a large sum for a pair of these overgrown animals, he will do well to breed them without reference to their being unequal in point of endurance to a smaller and better-formed sort of draught horse. It is gener- ally supposed that a horse destined for harness should not have a very oblique shoulder, as when so formed he is not capable of throwing so much of his weight into the collar as when his shoulders are more upright; but it must be remembered that grand and lofty action is hi
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 454 HORSE HORSE as he can obtain from job masters a large sum for a pair of these overgrown animals, he will do well to breed them without reference to their being unequal in point of endurance to a smaller and better-formed sort of draught horse. It is gener- ally supposed that a horse destined for harness should not have a very oblique shoulder, as when so formed he is not capable of throwing so much of his weight into the collar as when his shoulders are more upright; but it must be remembered that grand and lofty action is highly prized in London for the purpose of show, and not for hard work, and hence a sloping shoulder is a point to be desired by the farmer who breeds carriage horses for the London market; for, as I have already observed, it is one which is mostly accompanied by high ; In the latter part of the nineteenth century, after the organization of societies in the eighties, to promote this breed, the British public became. Fig. 463. Cleveland Bay mare. Queen Dearest. interested in the horse to supplant oxen on the farm. At this time, too, the demand changed from a very heavy carriage horse to a lighter horse with more quality, more style and more coach or high action. The Cleveland had to veer one way or the other or become extinct. It is evident that it was changed towards the latter largely by the greater use of Thoroughbred blood, and that resulted in the type more commonly known by the name of the Yorkshire coach horse. To indicate the tendency of the change, the following extract from the Yorkshire Coach Studbook will be of service : "It cannot be claimed for the Yorkshire coach horse that he is a pure-bred animal, but that, on the contrary, by the judicious crossing of large-sized good-colored mares with stallions alto- gether or nearly Thoroughbred, a class of horses has been produced suited to the wants and circum- stances of the times. By universal consent, the
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