RUSSIAN HORSES. 



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favourite hunters of the late King Victor Emmanuel were 

 Sardinian ponies. 



In Italy, there are no heavy cart-horses, the work of 

 which is done by bullocks and mules. For hght work, the 



Itahans prefer donkeys. In i8go, the estimated number 

 of the equine family in Italy was : horses, 720,000 ; mules, 

 300,000 ; and donkeys, 1,000,000. 



Russian Horses. — Russia in Europe contains about 



