New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-16
4 SECOND WORO on PONIES.
THEIR DIFFERENT BREEDS. CHARACTER
TsrIHS AND Utility

sore ,pecpaiions tie origin and sstvs lands OF va
nous species of ponies and list Of the nost remark
able vNietiee found in Europe, Asis and Amcr,A. We
proceed TO enter somewh.t fu into their q1A-
ties and charscecit:cs and 10 corsider thea utility
ard hov far 10 desirable to cultivate hsir breeds in
ibis country.
Unoue stior ably the most re nuksbe Of oil the Euo
pean pony races and the best adapted for one Of the
pr rcps uses TO which panies are sppssbs, are the
his She.s,ders which are ns'ives of all the northern
Scottish lss bat which found Of the nalest size
a,d Of the mos. perfect form in the exrsns northern
lilies OF Yell and Inst Nose Of the ShetAnders exceed
in tie average nine o. ten hards-thss TO say, from
tte feet TO three feet four inches in hight sa< none are
COR ider.d truly bred which exceed eleven hands or
three feet eight inches Many ne found which do not
exceed thirty or thirty inches and which are csrss-
Querty nfs,io, in s1e TO Of the largest dogs of
the New ioundlard add Labrador CT Greet st. Bernard
Breeds Their eharsctsrist form 10 Q round, oosely
ribbed.up barrel; q welllaid, slopng shoulder, but
tbici 70 her than fle and with little elevation Of the
vith.,s; short thick neck, covered with redundant
masses Of coar.e name scarcely inferior to ,hst Of
lion EMAIL ven-.hsped, lean and booy Aesd, vide In
the brow, and not seldom shosing s,methng OF the
Characteristic Sssin-faSe Of the Arab. The ears ere
ususualiy ,maD erect ard well placed; the syss arg.
clear and in,suseLt Their loies are supsrb, % that
their breadth bears no small proportion to the entire
hight Of the animal. Sway backs and fat ere
unknown to the race. Their quarters are sea. re
in proportion 70 their other muscular develop meets
but their legs sad feet which not 30 dsus'y rat
ted with hair o. would be expected from their hDvns
tails and abundant manes sre hike those Of the Cana
diana and Normass, to which they have 4 any strong
points Of GmDi.uds literally made OF iron. splin.s,
curbs spavins ndgslls thorough pine sbones and
,sviculs- disease seem to be taipgs utter foreign TO
the ShetlsSder Out Of many hundreds which We have
seen sometimes in droves Of fay OF sky at tine,
travelling down from their native mooIs and MOUNTAINS,
the rasgeiest, Yustiest, most comics'lookFg little
suadrupeds eye eve: dwet upon, driven BY sntio
SIX foot Highlander perched the back pc, hans OF
the smallest of Their nunber-we never ssv . lame
ShstAader Their bsrdiSood and spirt ia wonderful.
In their native ISLES they wild on the hills a. the
ragged, blackfs,ed sheep with which they heep com.
psny, never herded, sheltered ied but picking up
q hardy livelihood from The tenser shoots OF the
heather and the COARSE nnurtious grass which grows
among it. In very severe Waters, when in that high
northern latitude the mountains are buried deep IN
frozen snow they resor. u the sea beaches and iced
o. the kep and sea ware. Even when taken into do
me.ticstisr their fare is but little improved OstA 10
q luxury unknown, ard few buldlss Of Wild meadow
hay or barley straw furnish dainty banquet 70 the
wee Sheander His ipesd 10 Of course not great bat
be viii 70 along al day ct sort OF wsddlins run 10
der q weight which il would bother some horses to
csny-tha. is to ssy from $50 10 900 pouuds-st the
rate Of four or five mles boar; and will accomplish
his fifty mics between sunrise and suDse With great
hu krg III highlander on his back, who seems 6tter to
carr, the pony tia. the pery to carry him.
For little Boys and girls Learning to ride the Shoe
lander 10 perfection for though be has neti nee
will o. his own, aid has always very sufficient share
Of spirit, which sometimes leads hin to Play queer,
sYote,q1e ,reks and make unoouh gsmbos, more re-
ambiug those Of . big dog than Of saal horse, hs
10 very soce intelligent, ssstOs ste and gentle. He
rsaoiy becomes extremely fond Of mis- small rider and
r. a viii sometimes happen, he kicks him over his
head fss fun 10 viii geseray stop BY bis side until he
gets up again. and win suffer hm,el TO be remounsed
vithou. opposition AID then, which 10 great cossd-
Grafton il is not ar 10 f. from his back 10 the ground.
The coOrs Of the Shetardeys generally black dark
brown, and sort Of rrstoolorsd terrell Whites and
srsys are eIceeddgy rae and the blacks are consd-
ore tee best o. the Ysce. There Of very email
ponies analogous 70 tie Shelsldsrs in rese, one Of
the Hsb:des, or western ises, belonging To the Duke
ofArgyle.
Next In size t. the 6hetisrders ia small white rscs
OF ponies generally srPpcsed to 20 Of Haaovsrao orr
gin, which we're scme yssrs ego much the fsshioa for
lsdiss pony ca1isgsa They ran from Ten to eleven
bands high with sofe- and fns- coats than the Sast
la ders, and With names and tails VII Oh, though full
ssd flowing were not 70 sbusdsnt massive - those
of tssir title oongspsrs They were rot usfrequsnty
albin0ts, having bood-rd pupils to their eyes, which
tsnds TO confirm the supei0n o: their Hsnovsrsn orr
ar. Persons WHO remember the drive in Hyde Park
and the corner of Rotten row. in the days when George
w. vas King, VII Tot early forget the beautiful
tr-,ort Of ths beautiful Lady Foley s5ur-in hand Of
ponies ,ca,osy bigger than the rats which
furnished Ciaders,as carriage hc.'ss, AID two little
,sn-ysar-old outrde,s mounted two others OF the
sane stamp, in fa, usiiorn Of top boots, lssthsr
breeches and miniature hunting whips Thee pretty
Hsnovsrians a-s, however, OILY pretty paythirg' Tor
pretty women, !o7 they have none Of the ssmiss Of
the sasaolsrs Shetland ponies Of the true breed ere
not often imported INTO America although Of late jews
good many OF the large, Scottish and Wshh ponies
us being introduced end il black, are ofssn srrous-
Gully called Sdetlsnlsn. A. he State Fair Of Ns~.
Js..sy. hse st Nsvs1b, lest year, we noticed very
Feat, very email, dark-srsy pony, not above ten
hands hgb tut fns, coated and ess shaggy than the
ordins,, run Of Ghetan3ers. Es was in the care Of
very large, very green Il bsniar between WON and
ourselves pssssd tie following cOloquy:
That's . very nice pcsy, my NAE Who owns
hin p he. is. Gin ri Moore Of Bsllevils." "Is he
native po,y, OF imported "Es IS" He
x&asP He is hat" "Yss, sse-vbsrs did he
some rom" "gs came from Nes.York; the GinrL
70, bin there Al, understand. But did hs
come from sc1oss tee sss, or howl" Across the
.ay! IL it fooln ne ysh' Arab, don't i ssl yiz hs
c1m s,or New. York, and then 70 al me 10 New.Yort
seres the ssyj Be Of va yizp Before ~ eoald
obey or irs.s iead nasdse, however, Iopg, slab