WEAVING — WELSH PONIES 



Weaving is a trick which consists of a horse constantly 

 moving his head about from side to side, to the annoyance 

 of his stable companions if he is in a stall, as his head 

 collar rein or rack chain are perpetually on the move. There 

 is no cure for weaving. 



Wedging. — See Beaning. 



Weed. — See Monday Morning Evil. 



Weight Carrier. — A horse capable of carrying a minimum 

 of 15 stones is described as such. (See Hunter.^ 



Weights on the Foot undoubtedly enable a horse to 

 bend his knees better, and hence the practice of shoeing 

 show harness animals very heavily. In schooling horses for 

 exhibition, weights in the form of india-rubber, or leather 

 tubes filled with shot are often buckled just above the fetlocks. 

 (See Action, Schooling^ 



Welsh Ponies, thanks to the efforts of the Welsh Cob 

 and Pony Society, have been vastly improved during the 

 past few years. Up to that time the merits of the Welsh 

 pony had been highly appreciated, though nobody could 

 tell exactly what he was, as he had been the victim of many 

 crosses, some of them extremely injudicious ones. Now, 

 thanks to the Society which has established a Stud Book, 

 far more care is devoted to his breeding, and he will be still 

 more improved. The North and South Wales types differ 

 rather from each other, the former being more of a compact 

 cobby stamp, the height varying from 12 hands 2 inches 

 to 13 hands, but, of course, taller ponies are met with in 

 plenty. The usual colours are bay and brown, but greys 

 exist in plenty, the appearance of some of these suggesting 

 very strongly a not remote Arab cross. Welsh ponies possess 



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