The Lippizienne horses have marked character of their 

 own, having been obtained from Spanish, Italian, and Arab 

 stock, carefully crossed. They are long-bodied, short-legged 

 horses, with good quarters, legs and feet, and stand from 15 to 

 16 hands. They make remarkably good carriage-horses, being 

 very handsome, hardy, and fast. 



The covering fees in Austria range from is. 8d. to i6s. 8d. 

 for ordinary stallions ; in some very poor districts mares are 

 covered by the State horses free of charge. Her horse-breeding 

 operations cost Austria ^140,000 a year. 



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