176 THE BREEDS OF LIV E-STOCK 
to improve them. They are likely to be low at the withers 
and not good in the hind-quarters, being droopy and cow- 
hocked. The cross of the vigorous Rum pony, however, 
will do much to correct this, as he is very strong in these 
points, having excellent hind-quarters and good shoulders. 
Aside from the Rum ponies, Thoroughbred and Arabian 
stallions are also being used, with marked improvement. 
The New Forest ponies are generally more spirited than 
most of the other British ponies. Like all ponies that 
have been brought up on poor pasturage, they improve 
wonderfully on good keep, and, with careful selection in 
breeding, astonishingly good results may be obtained. 
The organization concerned with the interests of this 
breed is known as the New Forest Pony Association. 
There is no organization in America for this breed. 
205. The Hackney pony (Iigs. 28, 29). — The Hack- 
ney horse has long been bred in England and owes 
his present status to the 
most careful methods 
of breeding, rearing and 
training. Contrary to 
the impression given 
by his name, he is not 
a hack, but is, on his 
native heath, the high- 
est type of driving 
horse. In 1883, when 
the Hackney Horse 
Society was formed in 
England, the standard 
of height for the pony was established as fourteen hands, 
and a separate part of the stud-book was set aside for the 
registration of ponies. Subsequently, this height was in- 
Fic. 28.— Hackney pony stallion. 
