GERMAN HORSES. 



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Count Wrangel remarks that the conformation of the 

 East Prussian horse has changed a good deal during the 

 last twenty-five years, and that the " Light East Prussians," 

 of which even now much is heard, are gradually disap- 

 pearing. Increased attention to their breeding and man- 

 agement has made them larger and stronger, and now-a- 

 days they make serviceable riding and carriage horses 

 which can also be used for commercial purposes. 



Photo by] 



[F. Albert Schwarz, Berlin w. 

 Fig. 516.— Hanover half -bred mare, Narde. 



Hanovarian horses (Figs. 516 and 517). — Through the 

 influence of the English Hanovarian Kings, many 

 English thorough-breds were sent to Hanover be- 

 tween the years 1714 and 1837. Hanovarian horses 

 are bred on the fertile pasture lands of the valleys 

 of the Elbe, Weser, Ems and their tributaries. The 

 chief horse-breeding centres are the districts of Stade 

 and Celle. The Hanovarian stud book says that " the 



