Summary
The Indian Country-bred is an Indian horse or pony type of indeterminate mixed breeding. It is archaically known as tattoo from a Hindi word.[2]: 182 [3]: 613 These horses vary from good-quality riding horses to small and poorly-conformed animals used for pack and draught work.[4]: 200 They derive from many diverse horse breeds and types, both local and introduced from elsewhere. Among these are the small horses of the Himalayas of northern India, particularly Bhutan, Sikkim and Darjeeling, and the strong horses of the Punjab. Outside influences include Arab horses imported to Bombay and Veraval from the Persian Gulf, and the Australian Walers imported in very large numbers in the nineteenth century.[4]: 200
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Characteristics edit
The Indian Country-bred is very variable, but generally has a plain head, a long neck, a narrow chest, strong hooves and a low-set tail.[4]: 200–201
References edit
- ^ Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
- ^ John Lockwood Kipling (1891), Beast and Man in India. Books on Demand, ISBN 3955072851 (2012 reprint).
- ^ Matthew Horace Hayes (1904). Points of the Horse. London: Hurst and Blackett. OCLC 753142192.
- ^ a b c Elwyn Hartley Edwards (1994). The Encyclopedia of the Horse. London; New York; Stuttgart; Moscow: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 0751301159.