74 HOW TO CHOOSE A HORSE 



Large quantities of these ponies are 

 brought over from Shetland and landed in 

 Aberdeen, In which city they can often be 

 bought very cheaply ; and it is usually a 

 simple enough matter to break them to both 

 saddle and harness. Numbers of them are 

 left "entire," and can be used satisfactorily 

 in this condition, though we advise that, for 

 very young children at any rate, a purchaser 

 should have the same castrated, as it renders 

 them very much more docile. 



Breeding of the Shetland pony is largely 

 carried on in this country ; in fact, the most 

 typical specimens are probably all home-bred. 



There is, however, a disposition, under 

 these circumstances, for the Shetland to 

 increase In size, thus losing its one desir- 

 able feature, viz., smallness ; and It is not 

 an easy matter to find them under 9 or lo 



