136 



TYPES AND BREEDS 



all horse for their size, and are, therefore, better adapted to the 

 use of junior equestrians than as playmates for little children, 

 the field of the Shetland pony. 



The foreign Welsh Pony and Cob Studbook gives this classi- 

 fication according to height : 



A. Ponies not exceeding 12 hands, 2 inches. 



B. Ponies 12 hands, 2 inches to 13 hands, 2 inches. 



C. Ponies 13 hands, 2 inches to 14 hands, 2 inches. 



D. Ponies 14 hands, 2 inches to 15 hands, 2 inches. 



Fig. 94. — A Welsh pony stallion, showing the size and form characteristic of the breed. 



The last three show an increasing percentage of the Norfolk 

 cob blood. Those of class D are in excess of the pony limit and 

 are therefore cobs proper. 



Colors are chiefly bay, although brown, chestnut, gray, and 

 roan occur. 



Importance of Size. — The frequency ^vith which motors are 

 met on the road and the consequent danger in sending children 



