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the quality easily, but for this particular purpose the blood horse 

 is apt to get his progeny too high on the leg and too light. On the 

 other hand, if the thoroughbred be altogether departed from, thick 

 straight shoulders are apt to come in, and the best lines of a saddle 

 horse are wont to disappear. It remains to be proved which of the 

 several combinations used to produce the remount are likely to be 

 most generally successful. Stout Welsh pony stallions and thorough- 

 bred mares strong and short on the leg are regarded by some as the 

 best of combinations, while others like the cob class mated with 

 light mares. Probably there will never be any general rule, and it 

 seems likely that in this, as in some other branches of horse breeding, 

 certain sires will prove by the character of their descendants that 

 they are specially adapted for producing remounts from any good 

 sturdy class of mares. We might expect to see a great deal more 

 attention paid to producing high-class ponies. New South Wales is 

 probably stronger than any oi the other States in useful light horses, 

 but she is decidedly weak in ponies. The demand for India and 

 other places is very solid, as is also that for Australian cities. 

 Ponies are inexpensive to keep. They are good doers, and one can 

 almost always make sure of getting a good pony from good stock. 

 Welsh pony stallions are becoming popular, but it is very likely that 

 the highest priced ponies will always be those in which a dash of 

 blood lends elegance of appearance and fire in movement. There are 

 numbers of good pony mares in this State, and with a little care in 

 mating it would be an easy thing to bring about an all-round im- 

 provement in the stock. 



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