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The enthusiasm displayed by the people 

 of Paris can be compared only to that which 

 distinguishes the attendance at the Dublin 

 Horse Show, where the visitor sees the best 

 collection of animals for sport and pleasure 

 in the kingdom. 



The noteworthy difference between the 

 great Irish Show and that of Paris, however, 

 lies in this, that while Dublin caters primarily 

 for the hunter, the French capital organises 

 a show at which horses suitable for the 

 nation's requirements, cavalry, artillery and 

 road horses are assembled. It is this national 

 character which lends the Paris show its 

 great importance and renders the public 

 interest therein so commendable and im- 

 pressive. 



THE ANGLO-NORMAN BREED. 



The success of the French in establishing 

 a breed of road -horses from a foundation of 

 Hackney blood is nowhere more noteworthy 

 than in Normandy. So marked are the pre- 

 eminent merits of the animals bred in that 

 Province, that they are known on the Con- 

 tinent as the Anglo-Norman* breed ; and 

 the Government agents of Austria, Hun- 



'■'■ Anglo-Norman is a cross between the English 

 Hackney and the French coaching mares. 



