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or rider, to the lofty knee action so greatly 

 desiderated for Show and Park pnvposes. 

 Snch, does not, liowcver, appear to he the 

 general taste, and it may pay hetter to use 

 the Hackney cross, there hcing a good 

 demand in Loudon and our larger toAvns for 



good harness cohs and ponies which arch 

 the neck and l)end the knee. A smart, quick 

 pony is nice to drive, hut I am no great ad- 

 mirer of what is justly called " extravagant " 

 action. Still, that exhihited by certain well- 

 known cohs and ponies in the show ring 

 is, it cannot he denied, very attractive 



