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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



Siiii;]-; Horse 



rh()ti) J. T. Newman, Derkhanipstead 



The Norker horse is a small pony, to be 

 found along the fiords and coasts of Norway- 

 It is gray or brownish gray in color, strong, with 

 great endurance and solid hoofs, and is famous 

 for its ability to climb mountains and to swim. 



Iceland ponies have much in common with 

 the Norker horse. They ha\'e thick coats, 

 enabling them to bear their cold climate, and 

 they get their food by scratching awa)' the 



snow with their hoofs and feed- 

 ing on the scanty grass and 

 mosses which grow on that 

 rocky soil. Norwa\' possesses 

 another breed of these little 

 fiord ponies, called the West- 

 land ; they are vigorous and 

 hardy, with tufted manes and 

 tails. 



The Norwegian trot ting- 

 horse is chiefly foimd in the 

 southeastern portion of the 

 country, where races are in 

 great favor. This horse resem- 

 bles the Frisian trotter, but is 

 smaller. He is famous for the 

 extreme solidity of his hoofs 

 and his strong, sinewy legs ; he 

 is courageous, quiet, and good- 

 tempered. To improve the 

 type, which is rather wanting 

 in dignity, breeders are now- 

 importing stallions from Eng- 

 land. Except for racing, the 

 love of horses is not much developed in Nor- 

 way, because the soil and climate do not lend 

 themseh'es to breeding, and, besides, the farms 

 are small, so that breeders seldom have more 

 than three or four mares for the purpose. 



Sweden also produces none but small horses 

 and ponies. It is only by the establishment of 

 stud farms and the importation of foreign stal- 

 lions that she has succeeded in raisino- carriage 



Cl.VDl':SDALES 

 Photo J. T. Newman, Berkhampstead 



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