ITALIAN HORSES. 



537 



obtained, are often i6 hands high, and of course fetch 

 better prices than commoner-bred horses. 



Polish Horses (Fig. 538) resemble Hungarian horses, 

 but are not so strong, and consequently they are better 

 suited to carry Ulans than heavy dragoons. They 

 average about 15.2 in height and have plenty of blood, 

 action and spirit. Polish ponies, which are usually 



Fig. 538. — Polish Cavalry remount. 



greys or bays, are very hardy and enduring, and seldom 

 cost more than £^ each. The one shown in Fig. 539, 

 was bred near Cracow. 



Italian Horses.-— We learn from de Simonoff and 

 de Moerder's Races Chevalines, that Italy possesses fewer 

 horses than any other country in Europe, with the excep- 

 tion of Portugal and Spain ; in fact, there are only about 

 two horses to every hundred inhabitants. Although Italy 



