HORSES: THEIR POINTS AND MANAGEMENT 



Colour. — This is a matter of inHixidual taste : bay, brown, 

 light or dark cliestnut, red and bkie-roan, white, grey, etc. 



A tv])ical cob sliould look smart, graceful, and be full of 

 animation, associated with the best of manners. 



With reference to breeding of colts of this description, 

 the best results are probable if a small thoroughbred sire is put 

 to a small hackney mare. 



Weight-carrying cobs (up to hfteen stone), are not always 

 easy to find, moreover, there is a ready market for good ones. 



Orkney cobs are as a rule stoutly built, and large numbers 

 are imported into Aberdeenshire. These animals are some- 

 what coarse, but generally good tempered, and not at all 

 unsuitable for covert cobs, having the advantage of being pur- 

 chasable at small prices. 



Russian cobs come to this country by the ship-load. They 

 are extremely hardy, have not much appearance, but if properly 

 broken, make serviceable roadsters for tradesmen's work. 



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