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pony stallions and vice versa, with the results that there 

 are many undersized individuals, over the pony limit, yet 

 too small to be acceptable as horses. The naturally full, 

 well-crested neck shows a tendency to be too strong in 

 some cases, the thick throttle compressing the larynx 



Fig. 77. — A French Coach stallion. 



when flexed, as it is when the horse is driven. Hackneys 

 are essentially high steppers and some do not go on in 

 their stride but tramp too much in the same place. 

 Stamina, also, has not been sought nor required in the 

 performance for which the Hackney is best qualified. 



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