HORSES: THEIR POINTS AND MANAGEMENT 



only be gained with strong convictions and by taknig up a strong 

 line, with a mind open to accept the evidence of facts. All horse 

 breeding is a slow process, and still slow^er when the object is 

 to build u]) a new type. It requires, therefore, more fixity of 

 purpose and design than is in many cases bestowed on it. If I 

 have unduly emphasised the difficulties which beset the pioneer 

 breeder of the riding pony, there is also much of encouragement 

 to put before him. If the highest class of polo ponies are not in 

 every case produced, saleable animals for mounted infantry and 

 utility ponies will be the result, and high prices can be obtained 

 for well bred animals with perfect manners, whatever their 

 size, either as Newmarket or general hacks. 



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