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In the News (Thu 26 Nov 09)

  
  Houston Hackney Horses
These early ancestors of the Hackney were highly thought of by the monarchs of the time, with Henry VII, Henry VIII and Elisabeth I all passing acts concerning horse breeding and the value of the Hackney.
Hackneys were prized for their stamina and soundness and for their ability to eat up the miles at trot rather than any high knee action at this time.
Hackney classes at the large horse shows were extremely popular and Hackneys were also playing their part in the First World War as cavalry mounts and artillery horses.
www.hackneyhorse.ca   (1064 words)

  
 Hackney
We are breeders of exceptional Hackney Ponies in Ontario Canada.
Broken Oaks Equine Retirement Center is a non-profit organization devoted to the rescue of aged, injured, abused or otherwise unwanted horses.
Panache Hackney Horse Farm is committed to the preservation of the Hackney Horse & development of Hackney Horses for show and sport.
r.webring.com /hub?ring=hackneypony   (319 words)

  
  newsobserver.com | Hackney heralds change
Hackney, whom Democrats nominated last week to be House speaker, is Mr.
Hackney lacks some of the political and bedside skills of Doc Black, the Charlotte optometrist who for the past eight years administered to the House Demo-cratic caucus.
Hackney's liberal proclivities can be seen in his pro-environmental stands, his pro-choice views on abortion and his skepticism about the death penalty.
www.newsobserver.com /622/story/532394.html   (489 words)

  
  Hackney Horse & Pony   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Hackney is a dynamic, high-stepper with two branches -- the horse and the pony -- both bred specifically for their brilliant performance in harness.
The Hackney pony was developed from the Hackney horse by crossing with the small, spirited Welsh Ponies.
Hackneys are also very popular for use as "road ponies." Their fast trot that maintains its high action is ideal for the racing-type shows where they are exhibited.
www.imh.org /imh/bw/hack.html   (1404 words)

  
 Hackney - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: )
At the present day, however, the hackney (as opposed to a thoroughbred) is bred for driving as well as riding (see Horse: Breeds).
From the hiring-out of hackneys, the word came to be associated with employment for hire (so "a hack," as a general term for "drudge"), especially in combination, e.g.
The hackney-coach, a coach with four wheels and two horses, was a form of hired public conveyance (see Carriage).
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Hackney   (100 words)

  
 Cowboy Heaven
Hackney horses were imported by Canada, Argentina and the United States to be used as fancy carriage horses.
The Hackney pony evolved in the span of a few years in the 1870's in England by crossing Hackney horses with Fell and Welsh ponies.
Land on Hackney farms was even taken by the British Government for crops as it was felt that these horses contributed nothing to the war effort.
www.cowboyheaven.com /breeds/breed17.htm   (978 words)

  
 Hackney's History
Although Hackney's begins tracing its history from 1939, the year Jim and Kitz Masterson were married, the actual store begins in the middle twenties during Prohibition.
There the Hackneyburger was born, cooked in ten-inch fl iron frying pans and served on Aunt Bebe's own dark rye, which she had learned to make as a child while cooking for her family after her mother died.
Jack Hackney died in 1936 and Aunt Bebe died in 1939, just a few weeks before her nephew, Jim Masterson, married.
www.hackneys.net /history   (527 words)

  
 Hackney Workhouse and Poor Law Union
The first workhouse (or Poor House as it was known) for the parish of St John, Hackney, was set up in the winter of 1728-29 when the Hackney parish vestry rented a house from John Evans at the north side of Homerton High Street to accommodate 15 paupers.
In 1885, the Brentwood School District, of which Hackney was a member, was dissolved and Hackney took over its school at Brentwood as a Branch Institution.
Hackney made further enlargements at the north and west including a swimming pool in 1891, and workshops in 1898.
users.ox.ac.uk /~peter/workhouse/Hackney/Hackney.shtml   (6683 words)

  
 Hackney GP VTS -   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hackney is an exciting and challenging area in which to train for General Practice.
The people of Hackney are a multi cultural and socially diverse population, with all the interesting problems typical of inner city medicine.
There are significant pockets of Hackney which house the up and coming more affluent members of the community which includes doctors, journalists, city workers and TV producers - who because of the proximity to the City and the centre of London choose to live in the borough.
www.hackneygpvts.org.uk /page1_1.html   (310 words)

  
 Equiworld - Equestrian Information - The Hackney - horses and ponies on the internet
Wilson from Westmorland used his 14 hand Hackney stallion on a pony mare, The Pet, said to be a thoroughbred, and the resulting filly was in time put back to the Hackney stallion.
Hackneys are now exported all over the world, mainly to improve the breed, but also for show purposes.
Although modern Hackneys may often be regarded as specialised animals, suitable for their showing role, this is far from the truth.
www.equiworld.net /uk/horsecare/Breeds/hackney/index.htm   (517 words)

  
 Hackney
The Hackney, both horse and pony, has its base in the tradition of English trotting horses of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The Hackney head carriage is always high, and the expression is one of great alertness and spirit.
The Hackney Horse is 15-15.3hh on average and the Hackney Pony does not exceed 14hh.
members.tripod.com /~White_Arabian/hackney.html   (417 words)

  
 Hackney Homes Terms and Condition   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hackney Homes takes every effort to ensure that the information published on this web site is accurate.
Hackney Homes is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked web sites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them.
Hackney Homes cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material off the Hackney Homes web site.
www.hackneyhomes.org.uk /index/w-disclaimer.htm   (696 words)

  
 HACKNEY HORSES
Subsequent to this, a Hackney pony was developed and recognized as a separate breed.
With the advent of the Railway, and at a later date motor transport, Hackneys like most horse breeds declined rapidly in numbers, but the breed was kept going by fanciers who made them fashionable in the show ring.
Hackney type horses were introduced into New Zealand in the mid-1800s for carriage work, and subsequently a number of registered stallions were imported.
www.rarebreeds.co.nz /hackney.html   (287 words)

  
 YouTube - The Hackney OC
The faults that are present in Hackney are not present everywhere.
Hackney is a hotspot for gun crime and street violence.
Hackney is a particularly unpleasant place in many ways.
youtube.com /?v=wO8j1w1WgS4   (627 words)

  
 Northeast Hackney Association
A Hackney can teach a child the lessons of life...the caring and sharing between a child and a Hackney is one of life's greatest joys.
Above all, the Hackney loves to please, whether it is under the lights of a show ring or the canopy of green leaves on a country road.
The Hackney Roadster ponies are the speedsters of the Hackney breed.
www.equinesite.com /hackney/index.html   (788 words)

  
 World Wide Words: Hackneyed
Hackney is now just a place-name embedded within London, north-east of the City, but then it was a small village.
The countryside around Hackney was pleasant, open, good-quality grassland, which became famous for the horses bred and pastured there.
Hackney horses were also widely available and commonly seen, to the extent that they became commonplace and unremarkable.
www.worldwidewords.org /qa/qa-hac1.htm   (387 words)

  
 Jules Pipe | Mayor of Hackney candidate | Hackney Labour Party   (Site not responding. Last check: )
With this election result, Hackney residents have clearly shown that they do not want to go back to hung council chaos, but they want to continue the improvements that have been delivered so far under Labour.
Hackney residents have clearly seen through their lies about a ”£70m Town Hall” and instead have endorsed Labour’s positive plans for a better Hackney.
Jules Pipe was re-elected as Hackney’s Mayor for a second term in May 2006, having become the borough’s first directly elected Mayor in October 2002.
www.hackney-labour.org.uk /mayor   (282 words)

  
 Hackney Green Party - News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mischa Borris succeeded in having a motion passed by Hackney Council, committing it to supporting fair trade with the aim of making Hackney a Fairtrade Borough.
This is a practical way of supporting them, of acknowledging that we here in Hackney do have links with the rest of the world.
d) acknowledges that Hackney Council, as an important consumer and opinion leader, should research, develop, and support a strategy to facilitate the promotion and purchase of foods with the FAIRTRADE Mark as part of a commitment to sustainable development and to give marginalised producers a fair deal.
hackney.greenparty.org.uk /news/77   (768 words)

  
 Hackney Agenda 21 - The Transport Working Group Report
Hackney Council's policies also recognise the need to reduce "unfettered car usage" and encourage alternative means of travel.
Transport planning in Hackney needs to look further than the need to move and park motor vehicles on our overcrowded streets, to the effect on our environment as a whole.
Those in the workshop placed a special value on Hackney's community spirit, and felt we could be proud of our street markets, lively high Streets and the sheer variety of shopping and leisure facilities.
www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk /ha21.htm   (2668 words)

  
 Hackney
Hackney posted its press release on 21 July but as of 30 July the LC website has no press releases after June.
Hackney Council is currently exploring options for the future management of its leisure portfolio and is committed to having robust management arrangements in place by the agreed date of handover from Leisure Connection, which is 15th September 2005.'
"...Meanwhile Mr Ibrahim Khan of Hackney, East London, is nursing his wounds after the top bench on which he was sitting in the sauna at the borough's Britannia Leisure centre collapsed beneath him, causing bad bruising to his hand and arm and a painful blood clot in a finger.
www.btinternet.com /~paul.burns/Hackney.htm   (2409 words)

  
 Hackney Horse or Pony
The Hackney horse was bred from Norfolk and Yorkshire Trotters and also has Arab and Thoroughbred breeding.
Later the Hackney horse was crossed with the ponies to create the Hackney pony and there are now separate stud books for horses and ponies.
In the 1930s the Hackney became in danger of extinction but the breed was preserved by dedicated breeders.
www.equine-world.co.uk /about_horses/hackney_horse.htm   (232 words)

  
 United States Equestrian Federation, Inc : Eq Sports : Breeds : Hackney   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The development of the Hackney breed matched, stride for stride, the improvement in both the quality of life and the use of public roadways in Britain.
As noblemen were busying themselves with fox-hunters and Thoroughbred race horses, the wealthy farmers took to the roads to show off the tangible fruits of their labors.
The first Hackney as we know the breed today is said to be The Shale's Horse, foaled in 1760.
www.usef.org /content/equestrianSports/breeds/hackney.php   (167 words)

  
 Hackney's Disabled People's Freedom Pass Group
Shortly before Christmas 2001, disabled people in Hackney who held a Freedom Pass received a letter stating that the criteria for Freedom Pass applications had changed, the applicant had to be in receipt of Disability Living Allowance higher rate for Mobility or provide supporting evidence from a medical consultant.
Hackney Council’s justification for this draconian cut is based shamelessly on financial considerations, the need to balance a deficit budget.
Remember that although Hackney Council’s criteria falls short of that set out by the DETR Guidance to the Transport Act 2000 it has yet to be legally challenged in the courts.
www.angelfire.com /folk/hackneyfreedom   (3151 words)

  
 Hackney Free & Parochial Secondary School
Hackney Free Yr 11 XL group have been used as the inspiration to promote this nationally.
Hackney Free overcame competition from their nearest rivals Bacon's College, Rotherhithe to win by a narrow margin of just 2 points.
Hackney Free staff scooped an impressive 5 awards at the The Learning Trust Educators Awards earlier this year.
www.hackneyfree.hackney.sch.uk /news/index.asp   (1301 words)

  
 Hackney
This is an exciting time for leisure and sports activities in Hackney as the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics start to take shape.
Hackney has a major role to play in the Games and the Council’s partnership with GLL has already seen wide scale improvements to the leisure facilities in the borough.
Children in Hackney need space to learn to swim, and we need to make sure residents from all walks of life have access to leisure facilities in the borough.
www.gll.org /borough/borough.asp?CategoryID=968   (390 words)

  
 Hackney Horse Connection   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hope and the other Hackney Horses we have acquired, are the beginning of a long and lasting relationship with this beautiful and endangered breed.
We are growing to love and appreciate our Hackneys more and more daily, and look forward to sharing our enthusiasm with others who may have an interest in them as well.
She was the youngest in the class, and did her late father proud by taking all of the show hype and fuss in stride and turning on the motion for all the workd to see.
www.ride2win.com /hackney.htm   (698 words)

  
 Hackney Pony Stallion, WM Hackney Ponies
Hackney Ponies are few and far between in Western Canada.
He told me about his Hackney Pony stallion which he was breeding to American Shetland mares.
During the summer of 2001 I was sad to hear that Ken had passed on.
www.geocities.com /winniem22   (670 words)

  
 Invest in Hackney
Invest in Hackney is the borough's inward investment agency.
Commercial rents in Hackney can be up to 50% cheaper than the City.
For Fikret Karacar, owner of Avant Garde, starting a business in Hackney is quite a refreshing change.
www.invest-in-hackney.org /index.html   (191 words)

  
 London Borough of Hackney - Home Page
A by-election is taking place on December 20 for one councillor in Springfield Ward.
Our online payments system will not be available from 6am to 6pm on Saturday 17 November while we carry out essential upgrades.
Hackney will this month reap the first rewards of a £200million programme to radically improve transport links across London.
www.hackney.gov.uk   (117 words)

  
 Hackney Horse Society Online 2005
The society was founded in 1883 and continues to promote the breed in the UK and throughout the world.
Our web site has been designed to keep you up to date with the latest news and information and to provide a useful and interesting resource for those wanting to learn more about the Hackney breed.
The best place to start if you want to learn about the Hackney breed...
www.hackney-horse.org.uk   (185 words)

  
 Hackney & Associates / Custom Point of Purchase Displays, Racks, and Components from wire, metal, plastic, and wood
Hackney and Associates / Custom Point of Purchase Displays, Racks, and Components from wire, metal, plastic, and wood
Custom Point of Purchase Displays, Racks, and Components from Wire, Metal, Plastic, and Wood
2001 Hackney and Associates, Inc., All Rights Reserved
www.hackneyonline.com   (40 words)

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