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THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. 



The largest of these horses are those used by the French express 

 companies; their height is from 1.62 metres to 1.65 metres; then 



Fig. 346.— Velocity, Percheron mare of the Compagnie g6n6rale des omnibus. Grand prize of tlie 



Universal Exposition of 1878. 

 (Reproduced from a photograph belonging to M. Delton.) 



come those of the three-horse omnibus, and of the street-cars, which 

 are 1.60 metres to 1.62 metres; those of the tramways rank last; 

 their height varies from 1.58 metres to 1.60 metres. 



It is impossible to indicate by words the differences of conformation 

 which distinguish these animals from the preceding. We refer the 

 reader to what we have already said on page 409. They are of about 

 the same type, with more or less bulk and speed according to the height 

 and the purpose of use. But the volume remains considerable in pro- 

 portion to the members, which, without losing any of their strength, 

 become longer and more slender to give more extent to the movements 

 and increase the rapidity of the steps (Fig. 346). 



The Perche, Beauce, Brittany, Normandy, and the Ardennes are 

 the sections which furnish these horses for commerce. Those of Nor- 

 mandy come from Euro, Seine-Inferieure, and Orne, particularly from 

 tlie vicinity of Mortagne. 



The express horses and the street-railroad horses — that is to say, 



