The mares whose portraits are here given are of the 

 Oldenbourg breed. The province of Oldenbourg has long 

 been famous for coach-horses. OHver Cromwell, when 

 Protector, received as a gift a team of coach-horses from 

 the Duke of Oldenbourg. 



The net cost of Germany's horse-breeding establishments 

 is about /"i 90,000 a year. 



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