SUMATRA PONIES. 



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tying up, their tails will generally grow to the ground, and 

 their manes are too thick to lie down. I have never seen 

 a case of thrush in these ponies ; because the natives, how- 

 ever poor the roof of the stable may be, always put their 

 ponies on a few planks which rest on round sills They 

 always date any illness to the last time the pony slept on 

 the ground Battak ponies are so showy and neat, that 

 they look like miniature chess-board horses. 



Fig. 605. — Battak pony, Mohr. 



" Gayoe ponies come from the hills which stretch from 

 the Battak mountains to the north end of Sumatra, and 

 are much more sturdy in build than Battak ponies. They 

 have heavy crests and good shoulders, similar to the latter 

 breed, but their legs are shorter and thicker, and they are 

 stronger behind. They are not nearly so fast or so fiery 

 as the Battaks." I believe they have not been crossed 

 nearly so much with foreign blood as the Battak ponies. 



I have also been favoured with most interesting notes 



