HORSES. 501 



two races of ponies, the one small and long-haired, and the other taller ; and there 

 are likewise indigenous breeds in the hilly and forest-districts of several parts of 

 the British mainland. Among the latter may be mentioned the hardy and sure- 

 footed, but coarse and ugly Dartmoor breed ; and the smaller long-haired race of 

 Exmoor, which are extremely active, and run nearly wild. The New Forest 



Cart-Horses. 



PERCHERON CART-HORSE (^ nat. size). 



ponies, again, form a race which although ugly, large-headed, and short-necked, 

 are hardy, sure-footed, and capable of bearing the roughest treatment. 



Under the title of cart-horses may be included all the heavily- 

 built European breeds which originally contained no admixture of 

 foreign blood, and are specially adapted for heavy draught. In England there are 

 four chief races, known as the English black or Shire horse, the breeds of the north- 

 eastern counties, the Clydesdale, and the Suffolk punch. 



The old English black or Shire horse was characteristic of the fen-districts and 

 some of the other midland counties from whence it has extended north and south, 



