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from 4,000 to 5,000 remounts to the Prussian army, and 

 many to the respective armies of Saxony, Bavaria and 

 Wiirtemberg. Count Wrangel tells us that it could mount 

 all the German cavalry regiments. The greatest horse- 

 breeding centre of East Prussia is the stud at Trakehnen, 

 which was founded in 1732 by Frederick Wilham I., King 

 of Prussia and father of Frederick the Great. He fur- 



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[F. ALBERT SCHWARZ, BERLIX W. 



Fig. 514. — East Prussian remount gelding. 



nished this stud with 1,101 horses from the Royal studs, 

 and the land, which, until it was cleared in 1725, was all 

 " swamp and shrub." The importation of some Arabs 

 and many EngUsh thorough-breds has greatly improved 

 the East Prussian breed. Count Wrangel (1895) says that 

 the Trakehnen horse (Fig. 515) has a good temper, great 

 endurance, a fine head, well-formed neck, strong back, 

 and is well ribbed-up. As a rule, the depth and slope of 

 his shoulders are not satisfactory ; he is incHned to be 



