OUR SADDLE-HORSES. 5 



seeing our great extent of fine pastures, our 

 large farms, our great demand for the best 

 class of horses, and the large sums we are 

 ready to give for them. 



France does not breed a sufficient supply of 

 horses to meet her own demand, which is not 

 surprising, seeing her small amount of pastures, 

 the minute extent of her farms, and the poverty 

 of her farmers. She purchases, in conse- 

 quence, from Germany, many horses for her 

 cavalry, and to a very limited extent she some- 

 times purchases English horses for it. Her 

 cavalry horses, however, are much improved, 

 as well as the riding of her dragoons. In 

 short, her cavalry, as seen at Paris, has become 

 better than ours. 



The other great military nations breed all the 

 horses they require for their cavalry. Russia 

 and Austria possess very valuable ones for 

 light cavalry in their Polish, Cossack, and 

 Hungarian horses. They have but few well 

 calculated for heavy cavalry, but their quality 

 is improving. 



The Russian artillery horses are admitted to 

 be admirable. 



The Prussians have, as a whole, still the 



