About the Batak/Deli Breed .Akin to the Manipuris are the Batak or
Deli ponies of Sumatra, which were bred in the Batak hills of
that island and were exported to Singapore from the port of
Deli in large numbers. With their handsome, high-bred looking
heads and high-crested necks, they differ markedly, however,
from the Mongolian and Yarkandi types, which are more or less
decidedly ewe-necked; this difference being due to a strong
infusion of Arab blood. In stature they average only about 11.3
hands, although some reach 12.1 or 12.2 hands. Although most
are brown, skewbalds are by no means uncommon. Sumatra also
possesses a second breed of ponies that take their name from
the Gayoe hills, at the northern end of the island.
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