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CONTINENTAL HORSES. 



go at the trot. Nearly every vehicle, except a cab, has 

 a pole, even when only one horse is used. As German 

 horses are more or less of the saddle and carriage type, 

 the Government would have no difficulty in obtaining a 

 large number of serviceable remounts for all kinds of 

 mihtary work. During the last few years, the Govern- 

 ment and various societies of horse-breeders have greatly 



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Fig. 513.— Well-bred East Prussian mare, Cajenne. 



encouraged the breeding of good horses. In many states, 

 the Government exercises a strict supervision over this 



industry. 



East Prussian horses (Figs 513 and 514) bear somewhat 

 the same relation to other German horses as Irish horses 

 bear to English horses. East Prussia has more horses to 

 the square mile (omitting towns of over 10,000 inhabitants) 

 than any other part of Germany. It supplies annually 



