New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-11
aep9lprk DAILY @iba,ts
WORD ON PONIES.
,vn pIpYERERT BREEDS, CHARACTER
'n ISTICS AND UTILITY.

STICS AND UTILITY.
~. vary ysmsrissle lie. these haay, aaevs, a'a'
...v es,e,. beautiful little ANIMALS appear 10 n'''
-. ether aS.sls,.ly unhBo.s TO tie ascies's " :"
.,es nssl.o,.d and ssdervalued by them, as 20 nav
.h,res M. only DO special description, out ~. %
,n.c. eve, "A ti,tisctive name in tie preepa' IAN
.ussss NJ antiquity. 10 the Hebre" fh's may 70 eo
s.,s,eS for BY the fact that the SOL ana 'a'~" "
ypd.s we're 20 III adapted for the emp'oyh'es' 'A'
As,se hat its uss was superseded Dy 'as' u ''e %.
-h;sh animal with lie strong bard hoofs ana innei'-
~ caste. ;eint, vas better suited to the rocky rs
.n,. N. oyousd and the hill fastnssses OF ldumes
n.n VI. ,.bltr bono which WA constantly hsoe 70
.-.a en s,rsphes % bef.n the cavalry ofthe Kings
A c.rass 6sh,pg against the footncn OF lsfsei by
what AT esnt river tie River Kshon," OF which s
VA in ysdses, o. ", W %, Then were the horse
"hotb broken by the means Of the prsnclngs, tne
"p,s.cipss Of their mighty Ones." And this donbt
bss v.s he cause Of the hosac prohibition Of thaa
a,sa Ard Of the adoption of the ass, not osly a.
bssst Of burden, but g. the 6dhg animal OF the
,,is,e, and rulers Ia Irss 10 which ehara,ter-snd
~ no fnssas a. type Of hainhty-r was uses ~ the
Ssy;.y in Ais tribupbant entry into Jerusalem among
The palm bepghs and hossnnas'
Th,s neasep however, in no respect explains Why the
Grabs and Romans, both OF whom most sedalously
rutv,t.d the borss and whO by their wri;iogs still
az ant ON the subject Of equestriapism, well in
t,u. "A ON All matte 70 connected with that animal and
v.,s reed Judges Of M points according to the received
modem ides should have no definite word IL indeed
10y word o; Oh, sigpifyirg pony. 10 both tongues
tAsys dmiruti,e OF the word horse; 10 Latin from
sqsss, sgurIeus; % slso, from mannus nag pad,
mssaslusi and 10 Greek, from hippos, hiPparion !
szd to all these diminutives the primary meaning Of
which lie fOal or yourg, and, because young, small
hose tie ]e1 OgTspheIs have attached the nterpreta
o, pong. IL IT, at lesst, Doubtful thai the dninuves
nestol.d ever bore that sen,e; and it is evidently
mpIossble that, sspecallyin language go copious
sad 20 precise 10 is defoitioss conveyed By single
compound woId, a. the Greek, one term should have
been wed fos two things 80 distinct as the Immature
you Of the horse ana the sdut pony, which, proper
" speaking, csssot even be termed a little or small
borse snOs 1. is not 10 its ssure to become to
produce by generation large horse, bat 10 produce
~ reproduce itself he TO like, as is the case with
airy other distinct species Of the isme family In cor
roborston Of which view, i. Is well to remark that
there several races varieties Of ponies peculiar
10 various parts of Europe Asis, and more recently,
Of America in Ill respect ss distinct and peculiar
any Of the families Of the horse ssoh the Norman,
Flemish, Cleveland Bay, Suffolk Panoh or thorough
brso, and which wil no more, when bred iie dam to
The sire, produce young Of any other family, still
kH Of TIE h sized horse, than will any Of the hore
krihss pamed above. The pony, therefore, 10 by 10
means to be regarded dwsr! horse-siucs fulsizs
and healthy horses rever produce ponies, although
they psy produce rickety, small szsd sad detective
cohs o. hies; nor DO ponies, above stated, ever
produce fusized horses which would OCCASIONALLY be
fbe case especially In the former instance. were they
accidentally monstTositiss and not distinct race.
In what manner the popyws orig nAlly produced,
ito primary FORM subsequently, established in al
ar s.v ore Of lis varieties, II 10 In.
,os,bs 10 decide, and useless TO speculate, 81 much
n "a 10 ssdesvor to establish the origin Of the vari'
ma asi, Of families above named Of the horse, or Of
the OF, sheep, cog, or any other long-domsstcatsd
or, sturs I. IL evident aid certain that once, ct
vs.ib remote period, tsey all arose from single type
Of eseh species; but that at periods sill e1osedDgy
remote though conpsSa lively recent divers varieties
have brsnehsd of accidentally from the primary spe-
ss WHICH by accident or desgp by circumstances OF
cIpaas or By care and cultivstion have besn first,
vsr asrsS psyrnax ept and then, preserved In their
p1ri.y permanent sitker through casual inability 70
aterna with other varieties, in consequence Oh d.
rec. human interference. The former condition may
sssily ocoxr where new species are Introduced INTO
seusiss or Islands whore zone OF the rscc or order
nv v;ou,y existed - in the Gaze Of the Spanish horses
liberated st the siege of BueEos Ayrss, which
have pSoplsd the Pampas OF South America; or In
hat Of tho Turkish homes liberated at the siege OF
Azoy, from which have sprung the countless herd OF
the Ukraine and Of Tsrtary, from the UrAisn Noun
tsns 10 The Himmalaya ali. Theie animals have neces-
ssily rem lined permanent and pare, owing to there
existing no other horses in those regions with which
they coxld BY any means miDgs their breed, and 20
either vhste o, amend their race In the case, how
ever, Of civilized and popuous, cultivated countries,
where many different families Of the same species e.
ut, those families sply be kept pare and perma-
nsnt by car and neheer oe and even with THESE Inc
tsIde,cy i--as scientific improvement OF breeds I'D
varces-ts Lore the distinct families In one general
improved eross and this is particularly the ease OF enc
or more Of the families Of horses mentioned above,
a fie Cleveland Bays for instance, and the Suffolk
Pulchss, both Of which are becoming rare In their
pure aId unixed form, owing TO the improvement OF
both u,rss aud stations by the infusion of thorough
blood Tbr is however 70 be regretted; for, although
IL mun be admitted that the improved cross breeds
sre superior animals for general use, must be remem
Sed that being partial bids, they cannot oontsus
20 rsprodpoe themstlves and that, il we suffer the
orsir al stock Of Cleveland Bsy mares To die outani
We asro. MAINTAIN them without Cleveland Bay
saiose-vs skal cad by lacking the mssriese out Of
vbjss 10 pres noe the improved breeds by refer
rir z ii en- to stailiers If superior blood.
Tlsse esr,dsrsaions May appear, OF frsa right for
sisn TO the question of the ponies They are rot So
however, GO We shall Deeeily cause ~ appear. We
are not IN gsseral advocates Of or believers II, the
tAssry-of which Bufor was the crest sposts-oi
animal desss.scy Ys: i Is not TO DC questioned or
di.putsd tina, snirnas wher transported to c.imsses