AUSTRALASIAN HORSES. 



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horse required in India, and no doubt in Australia, is that 

 of Romance (Fig. 487), whose points are much more Uke 

 those of the foxhound than those of the long-tailed dog. 

 As Australia is an admirable country for the breeding of 

 stout thorough-breds, the desirable type of saddle horse 

 could best be obtained by careful selection from that breed. 

 Such a meritorious endeavour would be greatly facilitated 



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Fig. 494. — Badly ribbed-up Australian gelding. 



by the aboUtion of two-year-old races, by raising the 

 weights, and by increasing the distances to be run. 



By comparing the following table (which gives the 

 respective ages of the racehorses that ran in Australia 

 during the season of 1902) with that on page 426, we 

 can see that the evil of artificial early maturity (p. 428) 

 is not nearly so rampant in that country as it is in 

 England :^ 



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