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BRITISH AND IRISH HORSES. 



of their mountain homes. The term " improved " Welsh 

 mountain pony (Fig. 473), is appUed to Welsh moun- 

 tain ponies which have been crossed with other blood, 

 in order to obtain more height or better quality. 



2. Ordinary Welsh ponies, which being bred on lower 

 ground, are from one to three hands taller than their 

 mountain relations, 



3. Welsh cobs (Fig. 437), which vary in height from 

 14 to 15 hands. 



Photo by] [M. H. H. 



Fig. 473. — Mr. Percy Dugdale's "Improved" Welsh mountain pony. 



All these animals have been more or less crossed with 

 alien blood. * 



Formerly there was a breed of Welsh cart-horses, but it 

 is now practicall}^ extinct. 



The colour is usually bay or brown. 



In the days when the Norfolk Hackney was a hard- 

 working roadster and fast trotter, several of its class 

 were brought into Wales and crossed with the native 

 ponies. Consequently we find that many Welsh ponies 

 and cobs have the gift of trotting, which, in their case. 



