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few are bred here. They are strong, sturdy, useful little 

 animals, rarely exceeding thirteen hands, often reaching 

 only eleven and one-half or twelve hands. They are used 

 for light driving purposes and as children's ponies, and in 

 England often as pit ponies. 



209. The Arabian pony. The Arab pony is the Arab 

 horse under the given height. For full discussion, see 

 Arab Horse, pp. 134-144. 



210. The Russian pony. Russian ponies are trace- 

 able to eastern origin. They are hardy, serviceable and 

 often of beautiful appearance. They rarely exceed four- 

 teen hands in height, many being but twelve to thirteen 

 hands. They are not common in America, but they are 

 often seen in England, where they are used for light 

 driving purposes or in the pits. In Russia, they are used 

 for trade purposes and many of the cavalry mounts are 

 but ponies. They have great endurance, and the best of 

 them are not surpassed in usefulness by any other breed. 



211. The Scandinavian or Norwegian pony. The 

 Scandinavian pony is closely allied to the Russian, and is 

 evidently of the same origin. Not only have these ponies 

 worked up through Russia to Norway and Sweden, but 

 in the old days of the 1 Vikings there is little doubt that 

 many fine specimens of the Arabian were introduced 

 into the country. Like the Russian, the Norwegian pony 

 is practically unknown in America, but many of them 

 are imported into England, where they are used generally 

 for light driving purposes or in the pits, some being used 

 as polo mounts. 



212. Miscellaneous ponies. The Mongolian, Japa- 

 nese, Korean, Burma and Manipura, Sumatra and Java 

 ponies can be of little interest to American breeders. In 

 common with all ponies they have to a greater or lesser 



