New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-11

uss vii DO established, which only il e. 81 b.
,si.ta " ito proper and crg,A ,ta,ars add o. ;ss
BIZ The x'nost care, the most gei sn.. nance
s,d tie selsctioE Tor rany .ere,sons Of the lu.ee
and IL est pecimcus Of tie breed o, both siass rom
which to raise g progeny. Now, what 1e h.ve sup.
po,sd to be toe ease with single psir Of sanss and
their posteIity in state Of donestica.;cn ia vh,b
Gaze degsstJscy Of size viii certainly follow, is Pre-
c,ey what happens wsn s1nas, whstt er VIVID or do.
nesticsted, when transported to huis of waich the
climate Is unnatural to item, and the subsistsrcs 10
be derived from the sol insufficient qu sasty OF quail.
ity u their nutIine.t.
IN this view it is remsrkabs and signfc snt thst al
the mcat disnet breeds Of ponies With watch we are
acquainted are still to be found and sppess TO nave
been ogirsed. in extreme attaees either Of bea, or
old laiudes TO which the horse does ros seem to be
Indigenous 10 which he has, sccordog to ell natural
probabilities, been mpcrted and 10 which one wO nd
naturally expect lin 10 degenerate, at least 10 size.
/. FLOWS II this visw be correct-srd will
be hereafter produced reference 10 the existence Of
p MES this contir ent which 60 to cOrrobors.e this
view-it 10 by no means impossible that a. the time
when the Greek and Latin lasguse prevailed ponies
which were thee possibly 10 progress of formstios in
regions beyond tie ken OF enly civilization, il the
lands which are laid down the maps Of the world
known TO the anciepts, countries uninhabtsble
on account Of heat or Of cold and in which disnc:
ponies do row exit. had not yet been brought .. all
to The knowledge of the civilized world, or, If at ell
so rarely as to be regarded as accidental dwsrfs and
morstrosities rather than a distinct breed.
Now OF European ponies lof which in another p.psr
We shall treat q: large the most clearly distinct
types are thofe Of The Shetland Isles, OF Scotland in
the noithsrp parts Of Iceland and Of Sweden. There
are al,o ponies. somewhat similar to those of Scotland
in Wales srd others in the New Forest the south
western cosst Of England, which seem refsrsbie to
cross Of the ssme pony with some horse Of higher
blood. On the whole, it seems likely that the Shot
land, Scottish, Welsh Swedish and Icelsndic pony is
ere and the ssme animal, o. TO it's origin or original
node Of production, slightly Influenced psrhsps by the
original type Of horse Of which it is apaiterp diminish
ed In iiIe but 1ndeterorated in spirit by years. cay
cspsres Of habi,uston to cold and scanty fare. 10
SPAIN there existed from IN early date in the middle
sges peculiar breed Of very small highy-bred hOrss,
scarcely TO be called ponies known a. the Audalusisu
jerret the descendants Of which ssid still to exist
in the Conseu sra horse, peculiar to Galway in Ire
land and TO have existed in the Scottish aowsy On
the shores Of the Svwsy Firth, in the south OF Scot
srd ard probably 10 the Nslrsgsnsett pacer, both Of
Spslsh ponies or ponies Of Spanish descent are re-
f.rable 70 another and entirely different mode Of pro-
ductioa b. breeding and mot by deterioration in .izs
or dwar6pg. In Asia ic and European Russia, agsin,
the Cos.aek horse, which Is little moro than large
pory with good Turkish blood is evidently the result
Of moe lied dvarfsg by Hardship and severity Of oil
mate. Its rnsrkable, however, Of all these Euro
pean and Eur Asatic ponies alec Of the American
varieties, of which shall speak hereafter that, IN
ike most animals which have degensratsd in size owing
10 severity of climate and scsnty fare, they have lost
nothing Of their spirit and-what is yet moro singular
have gar ed rather than lost in their eapabity to
endure toll, hardship and spare diet, in which par
ticulaxs the tiny Shetlssder AID the rugged Cousck
will probably ,uipus any Other hor.ss in existence.
or the Southern. Asatic races comparatively little
i. Known but il 10 eer:sin that in Ceylon there is
pfmy rsos Of ponies, not exceeding twenty seven
achss 10 hight. A little mare was exhibited in London
in l765 brought ON the East Indes only twsnty-ssves
inches in hight we'll formed ssd between four and five
years old. The writer Of this saw exhibited Ct the
Egyptian Hall in Piccadlly, somewhere about 1873,
little boYse, said 10 come from Sian, Of twenty eight
inches which, however did not ct all resemble pony,
bu. was perfect miniature type Of thoroughbred
horse of Is hands, and too slender to be of asy
possible utility; whereas the small Shetlandsrs but
little superior in size are capsule Of carrying maA
who're legs will drag upon the ground. From the sin.
gslsr tssdercy Of the Sismsse, Chinese and Cochin
Chinese to produce dwsrfs and mOnstiesitiss OF /
kinds, whether plssts, fowls, qusdrupsds or human
beings, BY some mysterious artificial process, 1t wn
greatly doubted at the time whether this sninal Wa
not the result Of some strange jugglery. In Perss,
ard smorg the mountains Of Afgkanistas, there is
found useful breed of large ponies called Yaaboos,
which is probably merely the rurkoman horse s:uutsd
BY the hard fare and severe Winters OF the hill coun-
try And lastly, 10 America We have the lndsn Pony
of the Moth, of the Canadian type, the Mustang Of
the South. West, and in South Amercs, :" very su.
gulsr iirg breed Of horses Of very dimioutivs
"size, which 10 found in the mountains of Venszuels,
mot neatly formed like ponies but rather resembling
srt.borses in miniature. They have lsrge shaggy
"manes very rough coats and thick etloeks covered
with long hair. They shod, ror are thsir
"hoofs ever pared that the horny part projects for
ward in some instances to nearly foot in length. This
"sives the animal most awkward appearance andsug'
"gests the idea Of people walking with snow shoes yet
"rotwitbstandng this apparent encumbrsnse they are
Every footed little animals, and are considered
equal to mules on bad rocky roads,"
Or these various families Of ponies We shall touch in
future paper moro at length and the qualities for
which they are famous and worthy to be more gener.
ally sul,ivsted in our own country.
Among the relatives leh by Mr.. Wolfe, who COM
mi,ted suicide in Washington Couoty, Va. is his
father, los years old.