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conditions of life and climate have made them hardy, 

 diminutive and active, though by no means handsome. 

 Some people profess to admire them greatly ; but, per- 

 sonally, I think they are the most wretched specimens of 

 horse-flesh I have ever seen. The use of the mares, on 

 account of their cheapness, has been a very serious draw- 

 back to the successful raising of good and useful horses on 

 the ranges of both Canada and the United States. 



Fig. 497. — Indian pony from Reserve on W'alpole Island, on Lake Si. Clair, Ontario. 



" The Police horse which was ridden by the Prince of 

 Wales in Western Canada (Fig. 498), is said to be by a 

 thorough-bred horse out of a range mare by a French 

 Canadian sire out of a Cayuse mare." 



South African Horses.— During a horse-breaking 

 tour which I made through South Africa in 1891-92, I 

 had excellent opportunities of studying the horses of 

 Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, the Transvaal, and 



