408 THE HORSES OF PREHISTORIC [CH. 



good, the loins and hind-quarters well developed, while the 

 short legs stand an enormous amount of wear. A typical 

 specimen of this strain measures 13'2 hands, has ears Arab-like 

 in form measuring six and a half inches, and is of a grey colour 

 (Fig. 12.5). 



It is quite possible that in this type we have a blend 

 between the old European horses of the Solutre type, the Libyan 



Fig. 125. Connemara Pony ; Clil'deu district. 



horse and 'Celtic' pony, the first mentioned giving it its char- 

 acteristic strength of leg. There are also Connemara ponies 

 which resemble more the Irish hunter tj-pe, and which probably 

 have been crossed with large horses from Roscommon or from 

 further east. Some of these make good hunters (Fig. 127). 

 Finally there are ponies sprung from the crossing of the native 

 mares with Clydesdale blood, which comes out in their hairy 

 fetlocks, their small heads, and occasionally very bald faces. - 



