GERMAN HORSES. 



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numerous than horses, which have gone out of fashion in 

 that country. For harness, mules are almost exclusively 

 used, and horses are occasionally ridden. In Portugal, 

 mules and donkeys are more popular, and horses less 

 popular, even than in Spain. 



German Horses.* — Although Germany has several 

 breeds of horses which are suitable for commercial and 



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Fig. 512. — Andalusian stallion (16. 1). 



[J. DELTON, PARIS. 



military purposes, she imports many English horses. 

 Horse-breeding in that country is greatly influenced by 

 military requirements, and there are few of the powerful 

 and compactly built type, such as the English Shire horse, 

 which can draw a heavy load by itself. It appears that all 

 German cart horses are expected to work in pairs and to 



* The following remarks on German horses have been compiled chiefly from Count 

 Wrangel's Das Buck voiii Pferde, Major Schoenbeck's Keithandhmh, and Doctors Ramm 

 and Buer's Nachyichten aus den hervorragcndstcn Pferdezttchti^ebiclen des In- ttnd Auslandes. 



