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pony, he urged the local authorities and 

 agricultural societies to foster and develop 

 pony breeding by providing suitable stallions 

 for public use. As proving the value of the 

 pony, Mr. Hallen points out that in the two- 

 wheeled cart called an ekka, used by the 

 natives of Northern India, a pony will draw 

 a load of from 4^ to 6 cwt. over long dis- 

 tances at a rate of 5 or 6 miles an hour. 



Ponies all over India are equally in request 

 for riding and driving, and in the northern 

 parts for pack purposes. Indeed, adds Mr. 

 Hallen, " the pony may be said to be all 

 round the most useful animal." The supply 

 is not equal to the demand. 



Captain H. L. Powell, R.H.A., writing in 

 Bailys Magazine of March, 1900, says : 



" I am a great believer in the Arab for officers' 

 chargers, light cavalry and mounted infantry in 

 this campaign. The Arab is a hardy little beast, 

 and will thrive and do well on what would be 

 starvation rations for an ordinary troop-horse. As 

 a rule the Arab is rather light of bone, but his 

 bone is twice as strong as that of an underbred 

 horse. I have an Arab pony about 14.2 which I 

 am looking after for his owner who went out to the 

 war, and who is now, I am sorry to say, enjoying Mr. 

 Kruger's hospitality in Pretoria. The pony carries 

 my 15 stone as if it was a feather, and never seems 

 to tire." 



The superiority of the Arab over the 



