FRENCH HORSES. 



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2. Army houses. Anglo-Normans are largely used in 

 the French army, especially as remounts for the cavalry 

 of the line. Horses of this dragoon type are very popular 

 among the breeders of the Caen country ; because, if they 

 are not selected by the remount department, they can be 

 easily sold as horses of general utility. 



3. Coach horses, in which there is very little uniformity 

 of type. 



Photo hy] [J. Delton, Paris. 



Fig. 511. — Bay Anglo-Arab mare, Belle de your (16 hands). 



4. Trotters. These Anglo-Normans are chiefly bred in 

 Merlerault, and are probably the best of their class in 

 Europe. Their excellence in this respect is mainly due 

 to the fact that many of their progenitors possessed the 

 trotting instinct (p. 34). They are hardy and enduring. 



Horses of Tarbes (Fig. 510). — This designation is now 

 applied to the horses which in olden days were known as 

 horses of Navarre ; although it would be more correct to 

 term them horses of the Pyrenees. The title, horses of 



