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JUDGING LIGHT HORSES 



improved by the use of Arab and Thoroughbred blood. 

 The Welsh Pony and Cob Society divides the breed into four 

 types. The first consideration is height, including specimens 

 ranging 12-2 hands or under, 12-2 to 13-2 hands, 13-2 to 14-2 

 hands, and 14-2 to 15-2 hands. The first type resembles 

 a small Arabian horse, the second being more of the cob type, 



Fig. 70. — Hackney pony stallion. 



while the third comes in the cob class. Those conforming to 

 the latter height are suited to infantry and cavalry service. 

 Welsh ponies possess more style and action than the Shet- 

 land, the larger, better developed specimens making good 

 saddle or harness horses. The color ranges quite widely, 

 bays, browns, chestnuts, grays, and roans characterizing the 

 breed. Many of these ponies have good hock and knee action 

 and unusual speed and stamina for a pony. However, there 

 are very many ill-developed specimens, little care and atten- 



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