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horse should have three qualities of a woman — a hroad 

 breast, round hips, and a long mane ; three of a lion — 

 countenance, courage, and fire ; three of a bullock — ^the 

 eye, nostril, and joints ; three of a sheep — the nose, 

 gentleness, and patience ; thi^ee of a mule — strength, 

 constancy, and foot ; three of a deer — head, legs, and 

 short hair ; three of a wolf — throat, neck, and hearing ; 

 three of a fox — ear, tail, and trot ; three of a serpent — 

 memory, sight, and turning; and three of a hare — 

 running, walking, and supleness. 



Galloways and Ponies. 



Ahorse between 13 and 14 hands high is called a 

 galloway, from a breed of little horses, once found in the 

 south of Scotland, but now degenerated. There is a 

 tradition in that country, that the breed is of Spanish 

 extraction, some horses having escaped from one of the 

 vessels of the Grand Armada, which was wrecked on 

 the neighbouring coast. This district, however, so early 

 as the time of Edward the First, supplied that monarch 

 with a great number of horses. There are very good 

 galloways in the county Galway, and also in Kerry. 

 In 1754, Mr. Croker's galloway went 100 miles a day, 

 for three successive days ; a galloway belonging to Mr. 

 Sinclair, performed the extraordinary fete of 1,000 miles 

 in as many hours. ^ 



Some of the Connemara ponies are very handsome ; 

 they have a small head, high withers, deep round barrel, 

 short joints, and flat legs ; some of the Welch ponies are 

 ill-made, large-headed, short-necked, ragged-hipped, but 

 safe to ride. The new Forester ponies are generally 

 badly made, but veiy sure-footed. The Exmoor ponies, 

 although ugly, are hardy, and useful. The Dartmoor 

 pony is larger than the Exmoor, and if possible uglier. 



The Highland pony is far inferior to the Galloway ; 

 the head is large, he is low before, long in the back, 

 short-legged, upright in the posterior, slow paced, and 



