112 THE HORSE AND ITS RELATIVES 



Singapore from the port of Deli in large numbers. 

 With their handsome, high-bred-looking heads, and 

 high-crested necks, they differ, however, markedly 

 from the Mongolian and Yarkandi types, which 

 are often more or less decidedly ewe-necked ; this 

 difference being due to a strong infusion of 

 Arab blood. In stature they average only about 

 1 1.3 hands, although some reach 12.1 or 12.2. 

 Although most are brown, skewbalds are by no 

 means uncommon. Sumatra also possesses a second 

 breed of ponies, which take their name from the 

 Gayoe hills, at the northern end of the island. 

 According to Captain Hayes, ^ they are stouter 

 in build than the Batak ponies, with shorter and 

 thicker legs and heavier hind-quarters. They lack, 

 however, the speed and fiery nature of the latter ; 

 this being probably due to their having a smaller 

 strain of Arab blood in their veins. 



On the other hand, the ponies of Java and 

 some of the neighbouring islands, which, like those 

 of Sumatra, not infrequently show distinct striping, 

 appear to be, not only of very modern origin, but 

 mainly of Arab descent, although it is quite probable 

 that they may have some Mongolian blood. I am 

 credited ^ with the statement that some Javanese 

 and Sulu ponies show a large first upper premolar, 

 or wolf-tooth, and as the same feature characterises 

 the extinct Indian Equus sivalensis, the suggestion 



^ Op. cit., p. 633. ' Ridgeway, op. cit., p. 142. 



