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CONTINENTAL HORSES. 



horses, and are excellent for high school work, although 

 they are too much of the harness type to make good out- 

 door riding horses. They are ridden by the Imperial 

 Guard, but only for parade purposes. Their trotting 

 action is high and true ; they keep their necks well arched 

 during movement ; and their shoulders are weh set-on. 

 When young, they are inchned to be " soft," but the 

 hardening process can be successfully accomphshed, if it 



Fig. 530. — The Emperor of Austria's'l)lack Ilaflinger pony, Marti (13. 3). 



is gradually applied. These horses are chiefly of Eastern 

 origin, and are bred at the stud of Lippiza, which is 

 near Trieste. Their proper colour is grey, which is now 

 more or less varied, owing to crosses with English half- 

 breds, which have, unfortunately, altered the former type 

 a good deal. Lippizaner horses are greatly used in the 

 Imperial stables and in some other parts of Austria, 

 but not very extensively, owing to their being rather 

 small ; generally, not over 15.1. 



