FRENCH HORSES. 



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horses are " well topped/' the majority of them are deficient 

 in bone below the knees and hocks ; and that these cross- 

 breds^ instead of being a happy combination of the two 

 breeds, often consist of two inharmonious and badly 

 united pieces, one being Norman ; the other, English. He 

 considers that many of these bad results are due to 



I'holo by] [J. DELTOX, i'ARIS. 



Fig. 509. — Brown Anglo-Norman gelding, Juvigny (16.1^). 



the breeders paying insufficient attention to the quality 

 of their brood mares. 



Gallier divides Norman horses into the following 

 groups : — 



I. Norman cart-horses are chiefly of Percheron blood, 

 and are bred principally in the country round Mortagne. 

 They vary in height from 15.2 to 17 hands, and are 

 generally dappled grey, but occasionally bay, black or 



