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Excerpt from Horses, Asses, Zebras, Mules, and Mule Breeding Much knowledge has been gained by recent travellers respecting the history and habits of species hitherto imperfectly known, and, above all, a vast amount of in formation has been accumulated, proving the advantages that are found to arise from utilizing the mule in almost all civilized countries excepting England, in which country no book on this useful hybrid has ever been published. To supply this deficiency; to demonstrate the great value and economy of the mule as a beast of draught and burden, that could be as advantageously employed in this country in agricultural and general draught purposes as it is by other nations, and b...
Excerpt from Ponies, Asses, and Mules L. The distinction between ponies and horses is made almost entirely on a basis of size of the animals. In general, all horses, regardless of type or breed, that are less than 14% hands high are classed as ponies. The small size of ponies may be attributed largely to the adverse climatic conditions, the scanty supply of feed, and the inbreeding to which the animals were subjected for many generations. Distinct types of diminutive horses, or ponies, are found in almost all countries. Thus, in the western part of Asia, there are the Arab and its near allies, the Turk, the Barb, and the Persian ponies; in the eastern part of Asia, the Mongolian, the Japanes...
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