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Comet was foaled. His descendants include the famous 

 Welsh Flyers, Comets, Expresses, the Caradog strain, 

 the Railways, the Welsh Jacks, and Beaconsfields. A 

 great many Welsh cobs to-day are crossed with the 

 Hackney, but they cannot be compared with the pure- 

 bred Welsh cobs, who, if it were not for the Society I have 

 already mentioned, would be almost extinct. 



THE NEW FOREST PONY 



The history of this breed is intimately connected with 

 the Royal Forest. Many infusions have been made to 

 much advantage, for the New Forest pony was greatly 

 deteriorating. Her Majesty Queen Victoria presented 

 two Arabs, stallions, with a view to improving this breed 

 of pony. The Hampshire ponies, as is well known, are 

 good, hardy little fellows, and very good for journeys. 

 They stand from 12 to 13 hands. They have good legs 

 and short pasterns, resembling a blood-looking pony ; 

 they are very much sought after for children's riding 

 ponies. Miss Muriel Lander's Forest pony, Black Bess, 

 is one of the best specimens of this breed I have seen, 



THE HIGHLAND PONY 



The old hardy breed which carried the men of the hills 

 on many a long journey on " the roads, before they were 



