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DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



nent eye, long arching neck, round full body, long level croup 

 high carriage of tail, and they must have legs showing cleanness, 

 good bone, and plenty of muscle. The leading breeds are the 

 hackney, with an English ancestry dating back to 1303, or 

 earlier; the French coach, known in France since prehistoric times; 

 the German coach, with an ancestral line dating back five cen- 

 turies in Germany ; and the Cleveland bay, whose native home 

 was on the Cleveland hills of York County, England. 



Speed horses have long legs, sloping shoulders, and slender bodies. 

 Some of the leading types are the thoroughbred, derived from the 

 union of Arabian, Barb, and Turkish stock with the lighter English 

 stock, from which was developed an animal of great speed, unusual 

 endurance, and fine symmetry of form; the American trotting 

 horse, including such noted families as the Hambletonians, the 

 Mambrinos, the Morgans, and the Clays. The pacers also belong 



to the list of speed animals, but 

 their ancestry does not differ 

 essentially from that of the 

 trotting horses. Some idea of 

 the value of speed animals may 

 be gleaned from the following 

 prices which have been paid 

 for some of them : Arion, 

 $120,000 ; Dan Patch, the 

 famous pacer, $60,000; Nancy 

 Hanks, $45,000; Sunol, $41,000; 

 and Maude S., $40,000. 



Ponies are horses of small 

 build, some of which are 

 modeled on the small draft 

 type and others on the trotting- 

 horse type. The chief breeds are the Indian ponies of the 

 northern and western part of the United States, the mustang 

 ponies of the South and Southwest, and the Shetland ponies 

 brought to various parts of this country from Scotland and the 

 Shetland Islands. The Shetland ponies are very gentle and 

 serviceable for the use of small children. Their average height 

 ranges from thirty-six to forty-four inches. 



p, 



Shetland pony. 



