2s6 J^EMAJ^KS ON VARIOUS BREEDS OF IIORSns 



The Hackney.— Formerly, the English roadster was 

 represented by two distinct types, namely, the Norfolk 

 trotter and the Yorkshire hackney, which are now merged 

 mtothe one class of *' hackney '' (Figs. 342, 31 -,, 3 {4 and 345) 

 after frequent crossing with the thoroughbred The fashion- 

 able hackney {vide Danegelt, Fig. 342) resembles to some 

 extent the thoroughbred by his lightness of body and length 

 of legs ; but the heaviness of his fore hand unfits him for 

 saddle work of the hunter or charger kind. His well-shaped 

 head, powerfully developed and commanding neck, horizontal 

 croup, jauntily carried tail, and extravagant action, make him 

 a very showy horse, particularly tis his shouVlers nrv oblique, 

 and have a good place for the collar. 



Danegelt was not alone a handsomt* and t\pical hackney, 

 but possessed the far more valuable qualit\, in a sire, of being 

 able to transmit to a remarkable extent his best pomts to his 

 offspring In Ganymede, he left behind him a worthy son 

 of the highest character. 



As a contrast to the fashionable hackney, I give V'lg. 

 346, which shows a very good-looking hacknt y of the old- 

 fashioned sort. Without appearing to hav«^ an) cross of the 

 thoroughbred, he looks, to my thinking, the dam uiial of a 

 useful roadster for country requiremc^nts in Itnglancl I leave 

 my readers to evamine his good points, and, to aid them 

 doing so, I give, by way of contrast, Mg. 347, in which 

 the horse is very much of the same class, but differs greatly 

 m slope of shoulder, length of neck, and size <ind shape 

 of head. 



The Exmoor Pony. — Sir Thomas Dyke A eland tells 

 us (see Ltve Stock Journal, 28th May, 1886) that his father, 

 prior to 18 15, had about 500 Exmoor ponies running wild on 

 Exmoor, and that a famous, and possibly mythical, stallion, 

 Katerfelto, was supposed to have infused some fine Spanish 

 or Arab blood into them. He also informs us that Exmoor 

 ponies are miniature cart-horses, with good action, and that 

 they have goose rumps. 



