RUSSIAN HORSES. 



559 



(remount depots). Every horseman knows that " head- 

 shyness " is one of the worst of vices. 



Swedish and Norwregian Horses (Figs. 400 and 



556) are strong, hardy, and rather smaU animals which 

 closely resemble Finnish ponies. They are generally better 

 for harness than for saddle, and many of them are good 



I'ig. 556. — Mr. Helgesen's Norwegian pony. 



trotters. The horse-breeding industry is mostly in the 

 hands of small farmers, although " in Sweden there are 

 some studs where thorough-breds and half-bred English 

 horses are raised " (de Simonoff and de Moerder). These 

 authors state that in 1890, the equine population of 

 Sweden amounted to 638,302 ; and that of Norway, 

 150,873. 



