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that the only real difference which exists between these 

 two classes, is in the relative length and thickness of their 

 legs. Were those of the speedy Ormonde (Frontispiece), 

 cut down nine or ten inches and proportionately thickened, 

 and were he swelled out by " bulky " food, he would pass 

 fairly well as a cart-horse ! The statement just made 

 concerning the comparative proportions of the two 



Photo by] [II. EIdTZ, Si.MLA. 



Fig. 278. — H.H. The Maharaja of Kooch Bohar's Racing Pony, Predominant, 



by Balfe, out of Dominanle. 



extreme types of horses, may not appear so outrageous 

 as it might do at first glance, if we consider that the 

 difference of work between them is one of limbs and not 

 of body. The galloper needs the highest possible develop- 

 ment of speed with a sufficiency of strength ; the cart- 

 horse, a maximum of strength with a very moderate 

 amount of speed ; both the strength and speed being 

 derived from the muscles of the limbs. The two classes, 

 however, are in their work equally dependent on the 



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