Some short time afterwards a carthorse was found in the fields stabbed in several places, though, fortunately, not severely.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Presently a young man, the first human figure that presented itself to my sight, appeared, mounted on a big carthorse and leading a second horse by a halter, and rode down into the pool to bathe the animals' legs and give them a drink.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
He was as big as a carthorse, as graceful as a dray and as meek as a missionary.
"At Good Old Siwash"
George Fitch