PONIES. 12.9 



(1731,) he broke his leg, and died.'' The cele- 

 brated Mixbury Galloway, of the middle of last 

 century, was only thirteen hands two inches in 

 height. 



Previously to the improved system of coaching, 

 and the cheapness and expedition of that mode of 

 travelling, now unfortunately suspended by that 

 powerful but dangerous agent, steam, the well-bred 

 Galloway was the favourite hackney of jockies. 

 graziers, horse-dealers, and cattle jobbers, and in 

 fact of all lio'ht weio'hts who had occasion to travel 



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long distances on the road, in a short space of 

 time ; and no description of horse is better adapted 

 to the purpose. Some years since, there was a 

 little entire horse in Devonshire, called Katter- 

 felto, the sire of many most extraordinary Gallo- 

 ways, to whose labours on the road, indeed, there 

 appeared scarcely to be any limit. 



The Pony. — A horse is called a pony when 

 under the height of thirteen hands, four inches to 

 the hand. It is difficult to account for this dimi- 

 nutive breed, unless we believe it to have been im- 

 ported from countries farther north than Great 

 Britain, which appears probable from the fact of 

 ponies being found in greater abundance in Scot- 

 land and Wales than in any other part of the 

 island ; the effect, no doubt, of climate. In Ire- 

 land they are very rare. 



There is no animal that improves in form and 

 character so much as the pony does from the effect 

 of good grooming and high keep. A real Welsh 



