. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. HORSE HORSE 487 Exmoor and Dartmoor ponies. The ponies from those districts in England known as Exmoor and Dartmoor are much fewer in num- ber than most of the other breeds in the British isles, and are rarely imported into this country. They range in height from eleven to thirteen hands two inches. The original color of the Exmoor was a buffish bay with mealy nose. It is supposed to have been brought to England by the Phoenicians when they visited the shores of Cornwall to trade in tins and metals. Studbook No. 5, of the Polo Po
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. HORSE HORSE 487 Exmoor and Dartmoor ponies. The ponies from those districts in England known as Exmoor and Dartmoor are much fewer in num- ber than most of the other breeds in the British isles, and are rarely imported into this country. They range in height from eleven to thirteen hands two inches. The original color of the Exmoor was a buffish bay with mealy nose. It is supposed to have been brought to England by the Phoenicians when they visited the shores of Cornwall to trade in tins and metals. Studbook No. 5, of the Polo Pony Society, con- tains a description of the Exmoor pony. The average height is given as twelve hands. The best of the Exmoor ponies have strong backs and loins and good substance. They are generally bay or brown, with black points, wide foreheads and nostrils, mealy noses, sharp ears, good shoulders and backs, short legs and good bone. They are very tough and hardy, and have been known to cover long distances. Youatt states that in the year 1860, a farmer who weighed 196 pounds rode an Exmoor pony from Bris- tol to South Moulton, a distance of 86 miles, beating a coach that traveled the same road. The official description of the Dartmoor ponies and those of North Wales is identical, with certain amendments in addition. Those ponies that are over fifteen hands would seem to be cross-bred, as the pure Dartmoor never exceeds thirteen hands. In color, the Dart- moor ponies are brown, black or bay. There are some grays. Other colors are considered objectionable. Efforts are now being made to im- prove them by the introduction of good stallions of the best pony breeds. The New Forest pony. Ponies have been bred in a semi-wild state from the earliest times in the county of Hampshire in England, a district covering some 92,395 acres, of which 44,978 are still unenclosed waste land. The greater part of this common land is poor and boggy moor. It is estimated that there are about 2,500 o
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