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with a long and silky mane. Its limbs are strong and well 
set under it; tbe back and tbe reins are short and wide, 
and tbe tail is bushy. Its coat varies in colour, but is generally 
grey. These Horses, although small, are powerful, docile, and 
abstemious. During the Crimean campaign the French and 
English Horses were decimated, whilst the Barbs, which were 
ridden by the Chasseurs d’Afrique, endured with impunity every 
hardship. 
We must not omit to mention the Russian Horses (Fig. 59), a 
Fig. 60— German Horses. 
magnificent race, which combines elegance of proportion, height, 
size, vigour, and suppleness. Many of this breed are remarkable 
for their speed in trotting, and they all much resemble the 
celebrities of the American trotting turf. After many inquiries, 
we are unable to learn if there is any affinity between these 
similar and equally celebrated strains of blood. Some magnificent 
specimens of Russian Horses* were exhibited at the Exposition in 
1867. 
