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his mares thirty to forty good stallions every season. 

 Many of his stallions are from the island of Rum, off the 

 western coast of Scotland, and are the original black Gal- 

 loway, found in a wild state on the island in 1840, by his 

 father, the late Marquis of Salisbury, and have been kept 

 almost pure. In 1888, Lord Arthur secured the whole 

 stock of these Rum ponies. They are inclined to be a 

 little coarse in the head, but this defect is disappearing 



FIG. 27. English Westmorland Fel pony stallion. 



with breeding and good keep. Most of the Rum ponies 

 are black, although some are bay or brown; many of 

 them have the hazel eye, although this is not unknown 

 in the Exmoor and Welsh ponies also. 



The New Forest pony, because of not having had to 

 endure the severe climate of the hills, is likely to be less 

 hardy than the hill ponies. The height, as given by the 

 Polo Pony Society, is twelve to thirteen hands. The 

 writer has seen some of these ponies in England, and they 

 are not equal to many of the other breeds, but Lord Arthur 

 Cecil is very enthusiastic about them, and is doing much 



