RUSSIAN HORSES. 



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that the cHmate of AustraUa is far more favourable for 

 horse-breeding than that of Russia. 



Figs. 551, 552, and 553, are typical examples of 

 freshly caught remounts ; and Fig. 554 represents a 

 typical well-bred Donsky remount which had been 

 stabled for a few months. At first sight, these animals 

 might appear to be rather light ; but closer inspection 



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Fig. 551. — Russian Remount. 



shows that they have capital bone, are compactly built, 

 and have no superfluous "lumber" to carry. With 

 very few exceptions, they are entirely free from cart 

 blood, and consequently, even if their fore legs in some 

 cases seem rather light below the knee, the back-ten- 

 dons run more or less parallel to the cannon bone, and 

 there is no coarseness about the fetlocks, which is a 

 distinguishing mark of a cross with Shire, Clydesdale or 



