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MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



stand high in public favor because of their great size, 

 some being 17 hands high and broad in proportion. They 

 have good dispositions and mature at an early age. 



The East Friesland horse. — During the middle ages 

 East Friesland bred a strong and heavy war horse, which 

 gradually changed into a stately coach horse. The East 

 Friesland horse is about the size of the Oldenburg horse 



FiG. 89.— GERMAN COACH MARE "FOPE" 



and has been developed under similar conditions. In a 

 description of this type the East Friesland Stud Book 

 states that the object of the breed is to produce a strong, 

 noble and docile carriage horse which will develop 

 quickly, and can be put to light agricultural work in its 

 third year, in order to refund a part of its cost of rearing. 

 The Schleswig horse. — Though the character of the soil 

 is variable in Schleswig the pastures are luxuriant and 

 the conditions favorable for the production of horses 

 which, in the middle ages, were able to carry knights in 



