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ASIATIC AND NORTH AFRICAN HORSES. 



and the pretensions of the candidates pretty even. It 

 has been found that it is no advantage from a racing 

 point of view, for a MongoUan pony to exceed 13.2. 

 The once matchless Teen Kwang (Fig. 281), who may 

 be regarded as the Ormonde of the Far East, was a little 

 under that height. An English, xA.ustralian or Arab 

 13.2 racing pony could give, in a mile race, about 150 



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Fig. 579. — Professor Ewart's Mongolian pony (13.2). 



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yards start and a beating to a first-class China pony 

 of the same height, at even weights. The pony of the 

 Himalayas, Yarkund, and Chinese Tartary is a splendid 

 weight-carrier, and is matchless for enduring fatigue 

 and privations in a cold and desolate country. 



As the ancestors of all living horses were inhabitants 

 of Siberia after their emigration from North America 

 (p. 692), and as Siberia is closely connected with 

 Mongolia, it is reasonable to infer that the present 



