104, BREEDING PONIES. 



with us ; but never, of late years at any 

 rate, more valued than at the present time, 

 when there is a constant and regular de- 

 mand for ponies in all sizes of good shape 

 and action. 



But what is a pony ? " Oh, anything 

 under fifteen hands," says the modern hunting 

 man, in his ill-judged contempt for little 

 horses. " Anything below fourteen, from 

 which up to fifteen it may be called a cob," 

 explains somebody else. Mr. Mil ward, again, 

 of Thurgarton Priory fame, one of the best 

 pony judges we have ever had (the Milward 

 Mondays at Tattersall's in former days were 

 quite a feature in equine fixtures), disliked 

 the term " cob," and never used it, pony 

 with him covering everything under fourteen- 

 two ; whilst once more the animals which 

 draw the Royal pony-carriages are well- 

 matched greys of fifteen-two. Eor my own 

 part I differentiate between pony and cob, 

 not entirely by size, but also by character, 



