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outlook m their eyes, fair shoulders, strong hind-quarters, 

 and the best of feet and legs. They are all cast in the same 

 mould, and if used on other breeds, are extraordinary 

 impressive. Succeeding proprietors have made it a point 

 to keep the height below 12.2, under the impression that 

 the land cannot support those of a greater height. I am 

 inclined to think that it is best to let the land decide the 



f/ioto III] [HAYMAN & ^ON. 



Fig. 467. —Mr. Edward Miicklow, Junr.'s Exmoor pony stallion, Royal Oak. 



size which it can carry ; provided that no weediness is 

 allowed to creep in. The breeders of the other variety 

 of Exmoors have rushed to the opposite extreme, and by 

 introducing alien blood, have sacrificed type to some 

 extent." 



Sir Thomas Acland (Live Stock Journal, sSth May, 1886) 

 states that his father, prior to 1815, had about 500 Exmoor 

 ponies running wild on Exmoor, and that a famous and 

 possibly mythical staUion, Katerfelto, was supposed to 



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