THE BREEDS OF HORSES 167 



Welsh ponies should be considered more in the nature 

 of little horses than as children's playmates, like the 

 Shetlands. Some go high and others can step quite fast, 

 while all have extraordinary stamina. Bay and brown 



FIG. 84. A Hackney pony stallion. 



are the most common colors, though chestnut, gray and 

 roan are frequently seen. 



There is not sufficient attention paid to form in the 

 breeding of most ponies and some Welsh are coarse and 

 ill shaped. 



180. The Hackney Pony. This is simply a Hackney 

 under 14 hands 2 inches, with all of the breed charac- 

 teristics accentuated (Fig. 84). 



