PONIES 



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Hackney ponies are Hackneys 14 J or less hands high with 

 the general characteristics of the Hackney horse. 



The Arab pony is simply an Arab under 14^ hands high and 

 is discussed elsewhere as a separate breed. 



Indian ponies, mustangs, or bronchos are descendants of the 

 horses brought to America by the early Spanish conquerors. 





FIG. 67. Dilham Prime Minister (5174).' At one time the most famous Hackney 

 pony in America, noted as a prize winner and a sire. Imported and owned by 

 the late Eben D.Jordan, Boston, Massachusetts. From photograph, by courtesy of 



Mr. Jordan 



They often possess much beauty of form and high-class heads 

 and limbs. They have remarkable endurance and are capable of 

 the severest work under the saddle. They vary somewhat in type, 

 those owned by northern Indians not being the equal in quality 

 and conformation of those of the south. Those of the Apache 

 Indians are said greatly to resemble Exmoor ponies. Indian 

 ponies are of all colors, usually solid, though piebalds occur. 

 They tend to be ewe-necked, are often deficient in quarter, and 

 have a remarkable spirit which is frequently far from amiable. 



