SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



bone and tendon, without any packing, 

 and free from puffiness about the joints. 



Colour : This is a matter of individual 

 taste. Bay, brown, light or dark chest- 

 nut, red, and blue-roan, white, grey, 

 etc. 



A typical cob should look smart, 

 graceful, and full of animation, associ- 

 ated with the best of manners. 



With reference to the breeding of 

 colts of this description, the best re- 

 sults are probable if a small thorough- 

 bred sire be put to a small hackney 

 mare. 



Weight carrying cobs (up to fifteen 

 stone), are not always easy to find, 

 moreover, there is a read}^ market for 

 good ones. 



Orkney cobs are as a rule stoutly 

 built, and large numbers are imported 

 into Aberdeenshire. 



These animals are somewhat coarse, 

 but generally good tempered, and not 



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