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well proportioned, with a straight face line, a deep jowl, a 

 neck of fair length and well crested, an especially round 

 rib, smooth level croup, full muscular quarters and ample 

 bone. Chestnut color with white markings all around is 

 the rule, although bays and browns are common. The 



Fig. 76. — A Hackney stallion. 



way of going of the Hackney is characteristic. He is 

 naturally disposed to be proud and styhsh and goes with a 

 degree of action that is unexcelled, hocks especially being 

 sharply flexed. 



There being no discrimination in the studbook between 

 full-sized Hackneys and ponies, the line between them is 

 not sharply drawn. Mares of some size are mated with 



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