draught-horses

He held up his hand in signal, and the driver of the stallion stopped when well past, and over his shoulder talked draught-horses with Billy.

CHAPTER XVII 2010

When we scientifically breed our race-horses and our draught-horses, we make for life abundant.

The Kempton-Wace Letters 2010

We sat in the upper verandah all evening, and discussed the price of iron roofing, and the state of the draught-horses, with Innes, a new man we have taken, and who seems to promise well.

Vailima Letters 2005

The show of beautiful animals here was, perhaps, unrivalled by any fair in the empire; the choicest hunters and racers from Yorkshire, muscular and bony draught-horses from Suffolk and every other breeding county, drew together dealers and gentlemen from all quarters, so that many hundreds of valuable animals changed masters in the space of twelve hours.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828 Various

"We'll send back a pair of draught-horses if we can," was all he said to me.

Pushed and the Return Push George Herbert Fosdike Nichols

Of all our means, of land transportation: wagons, carts, pack-saddles, horses and mules, expected to join us from Tampico and the Brazos, weeks ago, but fifteen carts and about one hundred draught-horses have yet arrived.

The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat

"Very well, I put you under arrest for contravening G.R.O. by trotting draught-horses."

Pushed and the Return Push George Herbert Fosdike Nichols

Sometimes even one sees draught-horses with great flat, iron shoes extending out beyond the hoof in all directions.

The Automobilist Abroad

For there are lines and lines of guns awaiting teams and drivers, hundreds upon hundreds of provision wagons, rows and rows of light draught-horses, many being shod in the street, while out along the road to Saint-Cyr, in

Paris War Days Diary of an American Charles Inman Barnard

The Belgian field artillery was horsed magnificently: the sturdy, hardy animals native to Luxembourg and the Ardennes making admirable material for gun-teams, while the great Belgian draught-horses could scarcely have been improved upon for the army's heavier work.

Fighting in Flanders 1918