AUSTRALASIAN HORSES. 



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through the body ; his hips are rounded over with muscle, 

 and are a yard apart ; his shoulders are deep and sloping, 

 with a long rein and a head showing plenty of breeding. 

 These horses, to Australian eyes, are too massive alto- 

 gether, but when one gets on them they soon show that 

 they have plenty of activity and pace, and they are so 

 well broken that it is a treat to ride them." Australian 

 horse-breeders, who have lately returned to this country. 



Photo by] [The Greshasi Stddio, Adelaide, S. Australia. 



Fig. 493. — Mr. J. Haldridge's thorough-bred Australian stallion, Carlyon ; a famous 



sire and winner. 



have told me that horses of the Irish weight-carrying 

 hunter class are rare in Australia. 



" The mistake in breeding horses here has been, in 

 the first place, an inclination to get them too light, and then 

 a desire to rectify that error by using roadsters, Cleve- 

 lands, and such mongrels. Stallions of this class will 

 throw back perhaps to the heavy side of their pedigree, 

 perhaps to the light, but most of the progeny must neces- 



