FRENCH HORSES. 



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quiet workers. Periodic ophthalmia is common among 

 these animals, especially among greys. 



The horses in the country between Lannion and Dinan 

 vary in height from 14.3 to 15.3, and are of the light 

 draught type. Many of them are good trotters, and 

 make excellent "nag" horses for farmers. 



The horses bred in the mountains of Bretagne are 

 thick-set, and rarely exceed 14.3 in height. 



Photo by] [J. DELTON, PARIS. 



Fig. 508. — Bay Anglo-Norman mare, Nevada (16.2). 



Breton horses have been crossed a good deal with the 

 Percheron, Norfolk trotter, and thorough-bred. Gayot 

 says that the stock (Percheron-breton) produced by the 

 union of Percheron stallions with mares which have been 

 bred on the coast of C6tes-du-Nord, make as useful cart 

 horses as can be found in any other part of the world. 



Horses of Normandy. — Owing to long continued crossing 

 with all kinds of breeds, there are no true Norman horses 



