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breed, he was not so good under a heavy burden and in 

 deep ground. In his day he was a briUiant player, 

 fast, had a mouth of silk, and was wonderfully quick to 

 get an opening, as he was round and off before many 

 other ponies would have begun to stop. His only 

 defective point is that, like many other Arabs, he is 



Photo by] [M. H. HAVES. 



Fig. 83.— Mr. J. R. Walker's Syrian pony "Sinbad." 



a little short in front ; but this is redeemed by the 

 perfect freedom with which he moves his shoulders. 



Peter (Fig. 84) is of a totally different stamp 

 from Sinbad, his Arab origin being betrayed only by 

 his long, strong pasterns, round barrel, wide forehead, 

 large, intelligent eyes, wide nostrils, and well-shaped 

 sensible-looking head. He is rather high on the leg 

 and long in the back. In the gallop he sprawls some- 

 what, and goes much higher than Arabs usually do at 

 this pace ; but he has capital shoulders, long quarters, 



