Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-30

with horse and if married. with strong animal capable
drawing family brougham landau other covered carriage
begin with everything the style
carriage horse harness coachmanothers work by degrees and
with the simply useful Perhaps will
be granted the best required, and
the broughamhoe should be where lady be
pleased and economy object
A BRoUGHAN-HoRsE
"A hrstcass boughamhorse according great authority
Knghsbdgc who long had the exclusive selection OF the late
Emperor NapoeOns hanessstd) should be long and low full
barrclcd hands hands inches high according
the size and weight the carriage Nothing looks than
horse small tall In the he buried the
shafts the other he constantly pulling up the
wheels and by his size dwars the brougham He should have
broad chest lofty broad back (f rather hollow is
objccton flowing full tail well carried presenting
combination breeding and power His action should be grand
stately machnckc forward action all round each foot keeping
truly Michael Costas Champng his bit arch
his neck and bending his knees he should eight miles
hour and be able TWELVE when you really hurried
it very provoking have your coachman whipping and
two-hundedg guinea purchase sccsavng like ocknghoc all
action go
There no mistake greater than selecting horses too large for
single harne5 hands inches high enough for any brougham
above that height they do for parade purposes but they
themselves with their weight anything like journey
say from Kensngton IIghgatc
There another point that ladies who
horse should remember harness, many
OF life and hard work do agree we'll That and
costly quality high requires much singers
voice teaaes palate To develop in perfection the coach
be genius his way with fingers delicate and sym
hghcouraged horses rush forward each step he
tan them the air After having then retained the arsthc
coachman-the instruments be always stuffed with
work. with just enough exercise to
keep down
very o steady regular day-by-day morning
afternoon visits, and park drives will bring vchundrcd
guinea action down a hundred, forty This a
very difficult to make ladies understand
Prince hcn COUNT Estcrhazy London
for the magnfccncc of his cqupagcs and particularly the
beauty and action Of his haneshorscs His secret lay only
buying horses of splendid actonthat many greater wealth
could debut in always having his pairs above their work For
that end he has SIX horses do the work three The pair that
excited murmurs admiration in the Park Sion House
Chswic fctc day rested the with hours slow
brake and any horse showed the symptoms
tagging, he holiday loose the
o his Mentor Phillips o Wllcsdcn
IT, however, the question from the ornamental the
useful there doubt that pcasurchorscs by
too much and irregular many and beans stables
hot and very little exercise than by hard hardshps
AS matter Of course one who enjoys riding would
think OF riding regular boughamhorsc any other horse that
drew heavy vehicle The horse begins
throw his weight into the collar hc loses that elasticity that
the pleasure and the safety good hack
There is however why the single horse driven
nhope phacon other carriage equally light should also be
used in saddle Still more suitable pairs driven any light
neutrality-suspicious. Wcoras wagoncttcs, mail phactons-if
selected for the double purpose Of riding and driving
PONIES
Next before bougham- horse general utility
pony which is sort Of equine the sorr
douu-he whipping block which the boys girls
ride and the ready any emergency when the
groom has hurry off with letter telegram,
forgotten article the cook.
The late Sir Robert Peel did ask difficult question
when he invited the house tell him what pound
than the who company horsey collected the
four points of the compass inquiries, What pony2 In York
shire, Lciceehie and Norhamptonshe anything under
hands inches called pony The eepechaser the
which twice the Liverpool Steepechae
inches high called Pony by professional reporters
OF his struggles and his umphs In Suffolk which well known
great hoebrcedng the height of pony settled
10 hands inches