Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-12-25
THE CHINCOTEAGUE PONIES
as THEY LOOKED TO ERksH RE-
PORTER
WHO TRIED TO CATCH A COLT
RHIOB HE sI6 HTkD sSEYEN NILES
UP THE ISLAED.'

/ Hh1Oh II ~ 6l6 ~ hoA v I'm lm1LAth
UP THE IsLAND.'
And Chaaed nt Full Speed for au
Hour, Regardle.s OF she Limttas
ttous OF Inuu,ar seorrnphy-Whms
he Learned About Pirates Also,
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New York Times.
Away back IN the dim and misty past,
beyond the reach Of the memory OF the
oldest and psrforoe most wrinkied and
weather. bssten native, . ship, freiRhted
deep with Spanish horses, went ashore
ON the treaohsrous sands Of ChincoteaQue.
By one Of those wayward mutations Of
chance which mark the lives Of those who
20 down to the sea In ships, some Of the
horses swan ashore and lived. At that
point tradition stops. Just how long ego
the ship went ashore, or now many horses
saved themselves from the wreck, or
whether the crew was drowned or not. or
where the ship cleared or where she WAS
sailing to, no man knows. Tradition only
can tell that, In the days before q light
house alimmsred from It's point OF sand
ON the extreme end Of ChincoteaRue
Island. q ship. bearing A oerRo OF horses
to the New World from fome port In
Spain, ended its unhappy voyage amid
the breakers either upon the southern
point OF ChiuooteaQue or upon the barren
waste OF sand called AsssteaQue Beach, II
upon Asastesaue, then the horses must
have swnm 10 Chipootsaoue for f,od and
water. for the barren strip of obsuseless
white sand is as inhospitable as the
sirooco- hnunted Sahara.
Granting the Chinootesque horse a
traditional obsourity Of origin that ante
dates the habItstiop OF man, Il must seem
that these original horses were Of high
order OF breed for through SCORES of years
OF neglect. privatiou. and exposure. the
wild horse Of Chincoteseue is a remark
able animal. The original Spanisb
horses were small; the Chincoteapue
horse Of to-day Is smaller vet, and
ludioYously oyerRrown with name and
tail and hair. Privstion and lack tf care.
and exposures to the riQors Of a chanze-
able climate have reduced the ORIGINAL
horse to rouSh, shaRQy pony; vet all
the yoars OF yicissitude and deeeneracy
have not shorn him Of his evidences Of
blood, his wayward beauty, his intelli-
Qsncs, and his fisetness. A thoroughbred
will degenerate more slowly than 4 plov
horse, because he IA Of finer mould-a
better machine, Hanoe In the Chinoo-
league horse Ia found the spirit OF
thoroughbred in the frame and body of A
rough pony Thus Il NAV be seen that
the seventies Of that peculiar climate
with which Chincoteague IL CURSED has
made its ipfiuauoe felt not non the apirIt
but upou the bodv Of the osstawav borse
A faint of inferIor blood was introduced
into the Chinooteaque drove tbrou h
some farm borHsa fsrrisd aoross the hav
f,om Marvland some veara aus. but the
rasplt was NOT entirely aatisfa' tory or "a.
muueratiys 10 The vsnturesoms breedsr.
,nd ba fo,tun.talv yaiinonJsbad his ida.
a. To tbia dnv' the Cbinootssgna borse
rsm.ina mncb tho ssma aa vban he
landed a, 4 sbowa tn the onraful stndent
az veterinary soienos the effect OF mn.
rsstrained freedom upon HIGH bred horses
throuqb a long period Of time. and in
aim ste that can run the scale from grave
10 cav upon the sligbtest provooation.
Msnv vaara .ttar tha w,ack N tho
snsnisb sbjn . bandtnI ~ tisbs,man
aat,lad On Cbinco,aa. na' nsa tba voyd
6.baymsn IN its nost obs,its hla sanas
1or @ 4, Il ia INV nnsitarsbIa bsiiaS N AZ these
sattiays wsya none otbar tban nirs,as ont
~ amnjovment vbo bns,nass ha;ne dnli
and sxtysmalv bsx.,dona by rs.son n,
oayt.jn v,1oross rstsi,storv naasnros m
,ha nsr, ~ tba hnSd,na on1srrmant ~
tho Nav WoyId b.d fiad to Cbinoots sons
for reat and raIaxat,on. Tbia rsat AMI
rslaxstion eonsisted i6r the most part IN
inning upop the tresoheroua sanda ~
Aasatsaqrie suoh rich laden merch antmep
as miOSt he found lumbsrinq mn and
down The coast. and In annyonri ting. Al
tbs muzza of the old bayra,. .montb
mnskat tho vsInahlsa ~ tba nsasangaya
and cTaw and tba oaTgo N the sbin, Tbis
aort NJ thing was to he axneoted for IN
thosa daya n,rataa ba5 M opnortnoitv to
90 sahors. Inv diamonds as no "a w.lnuts
and nm for nolitIo.l ofics. Tbsv had Ia
maize living IN sor a ,ospner. and. like
tbair noliticaI nrototvn q n tba nrssant
dav thew oon,d moi bs axpeoted 10 work
nor bonsstv az nurnoae. howaver. n mnst
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tssous ware Of snnerior monId to the bold
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