PONY GROUP OR TYPE 169 



Perfect score. 

 Brought forward . 54 



Hindquarters — 31 Points. 



Hips: broad, round, smooth 2 



Croup: long, level, round, smooth 2 



Tail: set high, well carried 2 



Thighs: fuU, muscular 2 



Stifles: broad, full, muscular 2 



Gaskins: broad, muscular ... 2 



Hocks: straight, wide, point prominent, deep, clean cut, 



smooth, well supported . . . 5 



Canons: short, broad, flat, tendons sharply defined, set well 



back . 2 



Fetlocks: wide, tendons well back, straight, well supported 2 



Pasterns: long, obUque (50 degrees), smooth, strong . 2 



Feet: large, round (slightly less than in front), uniform, 

 straight, slope of wall parallel to slope of pastern, sole 

 concave, bars strong, frog large and elastic, heels wide, 

 full, one-third height of toe, horn dense, smooth, dark 

 color .... . 4 



Legs: direction, viewed from the rear a perpendicular line 

 dropped from the point of the buttock should divide the 

 leg and foot into lateral halves; viewed from the side this 

 same line should touch the point of the hock and meet 

 the ground some little distance back of the heel. A per- 

 pendicular line dropped from the hip-joint should meet 

 the ground near the center of the foot 4 



Action — 15 Points. 



Walk: rapid, flat-footed, in line 5 



Trot: free, springy, square, going well off hocks, not extreme 

 knee fold ..... . 5 



Canter: slow, collected, either lead, no cross canter . 5 



Total 100 



PONY GROUP OR TYPE. 



The pony group or type is exemplified in the Shetland, 

 Welsh, and Hackney, from the pure-bred standpoint, the 

 latter being an undersized Hackney formerly described under 

 the heavy harness group. From the standpoint of class 

 attainments the type is represented by the Polo Pony, 

 Shetland (under 46 inches), and the 11-2 to 14-2 hand pony. 



Shetland. — The Shetland pony in all respects possesses 

 the type and conformation of a small draft horse. The 

 Shetland is the smallest of the breeds of horses. The 

 American Shetland Pony Club requires that specimens of 

 the breed come under 46 inches in order to be eligible for 



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