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Title: The Horse : its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London : Gresham
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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doubtedly they were stronger inbuild. There appears, however, to have been a desire from the very firstto increase the size as well as to improve the quality of the nativepony, as, in addition to crossing these animals with others which hadbeen imported from abroad, several rigorous laws were made and enforcedagainst the practice of permitting undersized stallions to run on commonland with breeding mares and fillies. These restrictions very naturallycontributed to the quasi - extinction of the old-fashioned pony,though it must at the same time be remembered that many long-established breeds still exist in various localities, and that although it isquite possible that their type has a good deal changed, still enoughremains behind to connect many of them with their lost ancestors. No doubt the principal difficulty that pony-breeders have to contendagainst is the tendency to increase of size amongst their stock. Improve-ments in regard to shape and make are, comparatively speaking, easy,
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A GROUP OF PONIES iitisii EXMOOR DartmoorEnglish Welsh PONIES AND PONY-BREEDING 155 but it is the propensity to add inches to his stature that makes a ponya difficult animal to produce. All horses which are reared in luxuryare prone to grow and spread, as has been observed before, and conse-quently pony-breeders have discovered that it is necessary for them toadopt rigorous measures with their studs. To commence with, it is nota judicious act to attempt raising ponies on good land where thekeep is plentiful and very nourishing in quality. A pony from hisearliest youth should be compelled to live on poor land, and in fact togo short of commons, if the size is to be kept down to the requiredstandard. Of course, this rule cannot be made to apply to ponies whichare in work, but even in the case of these overfeeding is most unde-sirable. It may be pointed out that ponies are naturally small feeders,though an artificially large appetite can always be produced by treatingthem to a too libera

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