The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-24
PONY BREEDING.
The Experience or Man Who Has
Made Ponies Pay.

The Experience or Man Who Has
Made Ponies Pay.
A correspondent Of The Rural New
Yorker has obtained from a successful
pony breeder, DR.. 0. G. Jackson, ia
maica, L. l., some useful information
about this branch of horse raising. The
correspondent says: 'The farm of 1879
acres on which DR.. Jackson resides was
first occupied by his father in 1888. The
doctor engaged in pony breeding in No
vember, 1888, and has been more than
ordinarily successful in the business.
He has on his place sixty-fye ponies of
the different breeds-Shetland, Welsh
and Iceland-and the paddock contain
ing them is a most attractive sight"
At the head of the stud is Rowland L,
a full blood Shetland, imported in 1887,
40 inches high and black as coal.
Superb is another Shetland, 3S11S inches
high. Nabob is a mahogany bay, AZ
inches high, and is full blood Welsh.
They are all of them beauties, and
their get give the sires good reputation.
(which of the three breeds do you
like best~
'sThat depends somewhat on the use
for which they are intended. If they
are to be used by children exclusively
and long drives are not a consideration,
the Shetlands are the best. They are of
distinctively pony build, are kindness
personifed, and the children can play
with them, ride OF drive them with alb
solute safety, always assuming that
they have been properly broken and
reared. Of course any sensible breeder
knows that pony can be spoiled by bad
treatment. Welsh ponies are better
drivers. just look at this one. You
see he is not pony built; he is a minia-
ture horse. He is taller by five or six
inches than the Shetland, but weighs
less. He looks like reduced copy of a
standard bred trotter. would match
pair of we'll developed Welsh ponies
against any team of horses weighing
2,400pounds for six days trial. The
ponies are light, wiry and nimble, and
they would be sure to win. have
driven team Of ponies, half Shetland
and half Welsh, forty-two miles to a
one-man top buggy, between 1 and p.
M, in rainstorm, and did not use
whip. The pair weighed only 720
pounds and were three years old.
ST breed pure bloods and cross bloods,
always having definite aim in view.
The hollands are rather large. I cross
them with Welsh to fine them up and to
somewhat reduce their size.
"Do you utilize the ponies on your
far1nw
ssTo a certain extent. moved eight
cen acres Of salt meadow with a team of
them one season. The meadows were so
soft that horse would have mired too
much to make his use practicable; so
put pole to one horse Buckeye mower
and moved the lot. It was harder work
than cutting upland hay, but the little
fellows did it well, and they drew the
hay off on broad tired wagon. I have
small carts, as you see, and with pony,
cart out manure, etc. I drive them a
great deal. I have standard bred trot-
ting mare in foal with Welsh pony. I
want to achieve pony that can trot In
three minutes, and I think shall sue
ceed."
"What do you feed?"
"Generally equal parts by measure Of
wheat bran, cornmeal and oats. This
they have twice day, with midday
feed of good hay-clover, timothy or
mixed meadow hay, as have it.
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