120 BREEDING PONIES. 



there is little demand for fast and enduring 



roadsters. Comparatiyely few people use 



hacks at all, and those who do seem to think 



more of the showiness of their action than of 



the ease and comfort to the rider of heing 



mounted, as our forefathers used to say, on 



a " bit of blood." I know of no nicer hack 



than a cross between a thoroughbred or 



Arab sire and an English pony mare ; while 



a second cross of blood is always likely to 



produce that first prize of pony-breeding, 



a first-class Polo pony. Some useful j)onies, 



it should be remarked, have been bred the 



other way aboiit, l)y crossing a small 



thoroughbred mare with a Norfolk trotter. 



Lord Calthorpe's celebrated pony stallion, 



Don Carlos, was bred in this way ; but, from 



his portrait, he looks more like harness than 



saddle. 



As to which of our native breeds your 

 pony mare should be chosen from, it is pretty 

 much a matter of individual fancy. The 



