SUMATRA PONIES. 



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they are called Deli ponies ; Deli being the town in 

 Sumatra from which they are usually exported to the 

 Malay peninsula. They have handsome heads,'^set' on to 

 high-crested necks, are full of spirit, and are simply balls 

 of muscle. The capable and light-hearted way in which 

 one of these grand Liliputs can trot away with a four- 

 wheeled vehicle containing five or six heavy men, is a 



Fig. 604. — Burma pony gelding. 



sight worth going many miles to see. Achen, which is 

 in the north of Sumatra, has a good breed of ponies. 



In Sumatra, which is their native home, they are 

 largely employed for racing in their own class, in the 

 same way as Mongolian ponies are raced in China. 

 Battak ponies have almost entirely lost their original 

 type, from frequent crossing with imported Arabs. Mr. 

 Fitzwilliams, of Tandjong Poera, Sumatra, who has had 

 great experience among these ponies during the seven 



