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has rather favoured the medium-height 

 trap. 



Cobs are very popular with the 

 " one - horse keeper." Although the 

 term "cob" is perhaps a trifle 

 ambiguous, it is generally applied to 

 any animal between 14.1 hands and 

 1 5. 1 hands. This statement may 

 perhaps be challenged by the equine 

 authority, who will triumphantly ask, 

 " How can a cob be anything between 

 14. 1 hands and 15.1 hands, when a 

 polo pony is allowed to measure 14.2 

 hands?" This argument can only be 

 met with the reply that 14.2 hands 

 is the extreme limit of height of the 



