BREEDS AND VARIETIES OF HORSES 9 



than speed is therefore the most valuable charac- 

 teristic of the cob ; but it must be remembered that 

 such strength should not be associated with coarse- 

 ness or underbreeding. The latter would probably 

 be accompanied by a sluggish, mulish disposition, 

 which is not wanted in a cob, which should be a very 

 temperate, but yet high-couraged horse, steady as 

 a brake horse, yet carrying his head well, as though 

 he could do anything if he wished to, and above all 

 things a cob must be a first-rate walker if required 

 for riding purposes. As a trapper the cob is greatly 

 appreciated by drivers who do not desire to travel 

 very fast, and yet are compelled to utilize the services 

 of a powerful animal, whose good sense they can 

 rely upon, but it is as the beau ideal of a safe con- 

 veyance for an elderly gentleman that the cob will 

 always be most popular. 



The head of a cob should be neat and intelligent- 

 looking, but large enough to be proportionate to his 

 size, his neck should be fairly long, else his value as 

 a saddle horse will be diminished, and his shoulders 

 of course as long and sloping as possible. His chest 

 is wide and deep, his middle piece very massive, 

 with well-sprung ribs and big loins and quarters. He 

 should be very short upon the leg^ with great bone 

 and muscle, his limbs and joints being perfectly clean, 

 for it must be remembered that, though a httle horse, 

 his position as a weight carrier ys, facile primus in the 

 equine world. 



The Galloway 



may be briefly described as a bloodlike animal, half 

 horse, half pony, and standing about 14 hands 

 at shoulder. Many so-called racing Galloways are 

 simply diminutive thoroughbreds, which are too 

 small for the Turf and therefore have been relegated 

 to another sphere of usefulness. Being a light- 

 framed animal and full of quality, the Galloway is an 



