SOUTH AMERICAN HORSES. 



597 



ally much more docile than English race-horses. Mr. 

 Samson's Peppermint, which captured all the classic 

 races in Buenos Ayres last year, and which was trained 

 by Fraser, has gone to South Africa. 



" All Argentine horses are fed on dried or green alfalfa 

 (lucerne*), which grows exceedingly well in the Argentine, 

 and is an admirable food for horses. As a rule, Argentine 

 two-year-olds are bigger and better developed than English 

 thorough-breds of the same age. They generally resemble 



Fig. 578. — Mr. Cecil Gosling's CrioUo horse. 



North American horses, and are rather plain about the 

 head. 



" The Bagual, or semi-wild horse, is found in South 

 Argentine and also in Paraguay. He is not unlike the 

 Criollo, though still more degenerate. He is frequently 

 hght dun in colour, with a dorsal stripe (p. 330). 



* The amount of lime contained in lucerne is five or six times greater than in ordinary 

 meadow grass. 



