RUSSIAN HORSES. 



547 



commenced operations at Voronovo, near Moscow, then 

 went to Orel, and finally settled in Voronej. He bred only 

 from English thorough-breds and Arabs. His stud 

 was also bought by the Russian Government and was 

 mixed with the Orlov saddle horses, which had been 

 produced almost entirely from Arabs and English tho- 

 roughbreds, with a dash of Danish. Therefore the saddle 



P/iuto by} 



[J. UEr/rox. Paris. 



Fig. 546.— Bookaretz, a Russian-bred Aral) stallion of Streletsk (15.2). 



horses of Russian Government studs are known as the 

 Orlovo-Rostopchin breed. These animals are bred more 

 for show than for hard work. 



Arabs (Fig. 546) are bred at the stud of Streletsk, 

 which is in the province of Kharkov ; and thorough- 

 bred English horses, at the studs of Derkool (which is 

 also in the province of Kharkov), and in Yanovo, which 

 is in Poland. 



Agricultural Norses.— The only Russian heavy draught- 



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