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pairs such as these you must always pay attention 

 to what you are doing. The ponies ought not to 

 slouch, should always be driven up to their bits. 

 It seems to me that in making and matching ponies 

 there is a fund of interest and amusement. We 

 must remember that the pony has enormously 

 improved of late years and is improving still j you 

 can in fact buy ponies now of any type you like, 

 from the miniature hunter to the little harness 

 horse, that steps well and trots fast. I foresee a 

 great increase in the use of ponies, for, except to 

 ride as hunters, for all ordinary work the pony 

 from 12.2 to 14.2 is much better and cheaper 

 than any horse. 



But it may be said that I have written of all the 

 kinds of driving and harness horses except the 

 most useful of all, the single horse. Well, we 

 will come to him. If you wish to have a horse for 

 general harness work in the country he should not 

 be too big, 15.2 is quite large enough, for bigger 

 horses knock themselves to pieces on the roads. I 

 like a horse with some weight and substance, 

 especially in a hilly county. He should have good 

 but not high action, and be able to trot ten miles 

 an hour comfortably ; not, of course, that a horse 

 should always be driven at that pace, but one 

 ought to have something to spare. A horse goes 

 more safely and pleasantly, and lasts longer, if he 

 is not pushed to the top of his pace. A horse 

 of this kind will draw a wagonette, a light 



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