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excellent results, as far as sport is concerned , for the 

 entries are large, and the pretensions of the candidates 

 pretty even. It has been found that it is no advantage, 

 from a racing point of view, for a Mongolian pony to 

 exceed 13.2. The once matchless Teen Kwang (Fig. 350), 

 who may be regarded as the Ormonde of the Far East, 

 was a little under that height. An English, Australian or 

 Arab 13.2 racing pony could give, in a mile race, about 

 150 yards start to a first-class China pony of the same 

 height, at even weights. The pony of the Himalayas, Yar- 

 kund, and Chinese Tartary is a splendid weight-carrier, and is 

 matchless for enduring fatigue and privations in a cold and 

 desolate country. 



Corean Ponies. — The indigenous pony of Corea is an 

 extremely small animal, often not more than nine hands high. 

 He is very handsome, being built on fine and graceful lines , 

 in fact, he looks like an Arab, or like the Iceland pony in 

 Fig. 307. Despite the smallness of his size, and the slight- 

 ness of his build, he is capable of doing a good deal of hard 

 work. He seems to be of quite a different breed from the 

 Manchuria pony. 



Japanese Ponies are weak-bodied, long-legged animals 

 of about fourteen hands high. In the main island are used 

 a large number of imported Mongolian ponies, which, being 

 thick-set and short on the leg, differ a great deal from the 

 indigenous animals, the best of which come from the province 

 of Namba. There are several half-breds which have been 

 produced by a cross with English or American blood, and 

 which show an advance in height and speed as compared 

 with their local ancestors and with Mongolians. The Nippon 

 Race Club has a very nice course on the Negishi Hill, which 

 is about three miles from Yokohama. In the northern island 

 (Hokkaido or Zezo) there is a distinct breed of ponies, 

 which are weak and weedy. 



