PONY BREEDS 



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out unattended make a pony of more size than the typical Shet- 

 land in greater demand than formerly. Furthermore, Welsh 

 ponies are really useful and need not be confined to children's 

 use. A smart pair, properly appointed, is well adapted to ladies' 



use. 



THE HACKNEY PONY 



The Hackney pony is a representative Hackney under 14 

 hands, 2 inches (Fig. 95), eligible to the same registration and 



Fig. 95. — A Hackney pony stallion; a typical representative of the Hackney breed, under 

 the pony limit of stature. 



frequently bred in similar lines on one side as are full-sized 

 Hackneys. As Hackneys have been used in the improvement of 

 the gait and action of the Welsh breed, there has no doubt been 

 a reciprocal cross in the making of Hackney ponies. Some Welsh 

 breeding in the dams of registered Hackney ponies is not uncom- 

 mon nor prohibited by the rules of registry. 



Show Ponies. — Hackney ponies are the smartest thing in 

 horse form, possessing all the flash and excessive action of their 

 larger namesakes in an exaggerated degree. A distinction should 



