138 ' TYPES AND BREEDS 



be drawn, however, between a child's pony and a show pony, and 

 few of the sensational Hackney ponies of the show ring inspire 

 much confidence in their trustworthiness for children. On the 

 other hand, there is a well-marked preference expressed for the 

 larger ponies, if thoroughly reliable, as mounts for juvenile 

 equestrians, the number of which is increasing. 



OTHER PONY BREEDS 



Other pony types or strains to which reference is sometimes 

 made but for which no studbooks exist, in this countrv^ at least, 

 are the Exmoor, Dartmoor, 'New Forest, Cumberland, and West- 

 moreland of England ; the Connemara of Ireland ; the Galloway 

 and Highland ponies of Scotland; and Arabs under 14 hands, 

 2 inches, as many of them are. 



REVIEW 



1. What is believed to be the foundation stock from which all pony 



breeds are derived? 



2. Which of the pony breeds has been most influenced by environment 



and how? 



3. What is the difference in the accepted type of Shetlands in America 



and Great Britain and how is it accounted for? 



4. To what breed characteristics does the Shetland owe its universal 



popularity ? 



5. Describe the origin of the Welsh pony. 



6. What out-crosses have been made and why? 



7. What larger type is the typical Welsh pony the miniature of ? 



8. What classification of Welsh ponies and cobs is made? 



9. What is the Hackney pony; to what purpose are they chiefly 



devoted? 

 10. Name the other pony stocks. 



