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ne3's and continuously, and this Avhile carrying a heavy weight. It ii 

 nothing iniconimon for them to do tifty miles a day for many days in 

 succession ; and some have been known to do seventy, eighty, even 

 ninety miles, at a single stretch of one day. 



The breed is widely spread, but chie€y in a mixed state, (inferior to 

 the true Canadian in almost every instance), in the Northern and Eastern 

 States. Few horses are entitled to more O'Onsideration at the hands of 

 those who would obtain the best medium-sized and easily-kept animals 

 for the farm , and for mefdium heavy and moderaty^ly rapid draft. 



XIX. The Connestoga. 



A somewhat peculiar horse of all-work, said to hav-<« originated as a 

 distinct stock in the valley of Connestoga. They are believed to be 

 descended from Flemish and Danish cart-horses brought c^er by the 

 early German settlers of this part of the country, with a probable admix- 

 ture of the ordinary draft horse in common use in the German Stat^^s at 

 that day. There is, however, no record of the origin of the breed, and 

 all speculation may be at fault. They resemble for the most part the 

 Flemish horse, especially in color, all the prevailing Flemish colors except 

 black being found among them in like proportion. 



The Connestoga is a tall horse, often seventeen hands high ; but his 

 limbs are light for his height, and he is not inclined to be full of flesh, 

 having a muscular rather than a fatty heaviness, so that he is very power- 

 ful in proportion to his weight. He is used chiefly for wagons, canal 

 boats, and heavy carriages, for which purposes he is both strong and 

 quick enough. 



He is less distinct than formerly, and no pains are taken to preserve 

 the bre"*^ as such. 



XX« Ponies. 



The small, or pony breeds, are numerous ; but the only ones deserving 

 special mention are the Shetlands, the Indian, and the Mexican Musfcmg. 

 The former is the most distinct and best type of the ponies of the Old 

 World, while the Indian and the Mustang are the chief, if not the only 

 joative kinds, kno^vn among us. 



There are ponies somewhat similar to the Shetlands in th^ northern 

 parts of Sweden and of Iceland, in Wales, and on the southAvestern 

 coast of England. All these little animals seem to have originated m 

 latitudes to which the horse is not native, and to be dwarfed des3endants 

 of large and powerful progenitors. 



Noticing first the Shetlands ^ those of most perfect form, though of 



