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America by the early explorers, are supposed to be the 

 descendants of early importations made during the 

 Spanish conquest of Mexico. 



Fig. 139. Hackney horse, Lord Burleigh. One of the greatest of modern 

 show horses 



291. Ponies. Besides the ponies owned by the Indians 

 of America, the little Shetland island horses are called 

 ponies. These "Shetlands" are small because they have 

 been forced to live on the coarse and scant grasses 

 of the cold regions of north Scotland. 



