“Instead of deteriorating the stock improves yearly, and the care which is now taken to infuse pure blood without harming the essential characteristics of the original denizen of the moor has succeeded in producing an animal of superlative merit, fitted for any kind of work, whether for the field, the road, or the collar. It must be observed that the word ‘moor’ should apply to Exmoor and the Bodmin wastes as well as the Forest of Dartmoor, Dartmoor Forest itself being within the precincts of the Duchy of Cornwall. The moor pony or galloway of 14 hands is often in reality a little horse; and when it is stated that Tom Thumb, the well-known hunter of Mr. Trelawny, was a direct descendant of the celebrated Rough Tor pony of Landue, and that Foster by Gainsborough, belonging to the late Mr. Phillips, of Landue, carrying for many years fifteen stone and upwards in the first flight, was from a moor pony near Ivybridge, the assertion is not made without bringing strong collateral proof of the validity of the statement. Moreover, a host of other examples could be added. These animals possess many of the properties of the thorough-bred—speed, activity, any amount of stay, with legs of steel; they can jump as well as the moor sheep, and much after the same fashion, for no hedge fence can stop either one or the other.” For the information of those interested in this breed the following descriptions furnished to the Polo Pony Society for their Stud Book (vol. v.) by Local Committees may be quoted: (THE EXMOOR DIVISION.) _The Exmoor pony should average 12 hands and never be above 13 hands; moorland bred; generally dark bay or brown with black points, wide forehead and nostril; mealy nose; sharp ears; good shoulders and back; short legs, with good bone and fair action._ _There are a few grey ponies in Sir Thomas Acland’s herd, but no chestnuts._ (THE DARTMOOR DIVISION.) The official description of points is identical with that given for the North Wales pony, with the following amendments and additions:— HEIGHT. _Not exceeding 14 hands for stallions, 13·2 for mares._ COLOUR. _Brown, black, or bay preferred; grey allowable, other colours objectionable._ HEAD. _Should be small, well set on, and blood-like._ NECK. _Strong but not too heavy, and neither long nor short; and, in case of a stallion, with moderate crest._ BACK, LOINS, AND HIND QUARTERS. _Strong and well covered with muscle._ THE CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND PONIES.