40 PONIES. 



old, either brown or bay for preference, broken 

 or unbroken, in accordance with requirements. 



Many ponies are very weedy about their legs, 

 being far too light in bone and defective in action. 

 Speedy-cutting is common amongst ponies with 

 high action, and it is a very dangerous habit ; 

 in fact, one that all veterinary surgeons make a 

 point of rejecting the animal for. It is indicated 

 by the presence of a scar or scars just below the 

 knee at its inner side, this being the part struck 

 with the shoe. 



For defects of conformation, and the various 

 forms of unsoundness, the reader must turn to the 

 chapter dealing with these subjects, as all ponies 

 are built much upon the same lines as regards 

 general conformation. 



