SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



as 26, 28 or 30 years, and they will be 

 good riding horses in 24, especially 

 they'll be the more vigorous and live 

 longer if they be four years old 

 before they be put to work. 



" Those of a black colour are judged 

 to be the most durable, and the pyed 

 often prove not so good ; they have 

 been more numerous than they now 

 are." 



From the foregoing account we learn 

 that our present '' Shetlander " pony 

 has not lost the qualities attributed to 

 him by Brand. 



He is as hardy and strong as ever ; 

 as sure-footed and as small as he used 

 to be. 



The average height for a Shetland is 

 10 hands, and the Shetland Stud Book 

 Society does not register ponies above 

 10 hands 2 ins. Ponies 9 hands, are 

 not uncommon, but anything below this 

 is exceptional, certainly not the rule. 



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