SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



was made to keep up the standard until 

 the Prince Consort introduced a grey 

 Arab entire into the district, and this 

 gave new Ufe to a fast degenerating race 

 of ponies. 



In the present day, Lord Arthur Cecil 

 turns out a number of black stallions, 

 imported from the Island of Rum (Scot- 

 land) first about 1840, by the late 

 Marquis of Salisbury. The cross has 

 evidently been of marked benefit to the 

 New Forester. 



General Appearance. — Height 12 

 to 13I hands. With better keep these 

 ponies will increase three or four inches 

 in height. The so-called flea-bitten 

 gre^'S are very numerous, but these 

 ponies are found in a variety of colours. 



They are considered to be good 

 tempered when broken, but trouble- 

 some to overcome. 



Have fair shaped shoulders, but 

 croup is generally of bad shape. • . 



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