New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13
FINE HORSES IN Miniature.
DR. JACKsON's SHETLAND PONIES AND
THE GIRLS WHO TRAIN THEM.
A LONG ISLAND FARM WHERE PRIZE WINNERS
ARE BRED-THE DOCTORS HOBBY OUT
THE Usual. RUN

ARE BREp-THE DOCTORS HOBBY OUT
OF THE USUAL RUN.
Massive proportions. bulk. may one to look
I'D with respect or ave. 1t Is the dminutve spcci-
men of his kind that captures the heart. The mighty
war-horse. with his nostrils spread wide TO get
scent OF the battle from afar. fills the mind with
thoughts OF the Of artillery. buEle calls. the
dust of deadly action; but the little Shetland pony
trottng along so good-nauredy. looking for all the
world as II life were far too short for anything Out
love and oats would take TO ones home, hitch 10
a ba sket cart and give to the baby as pet.
DR. Oscar c. Jackson whose farm is near Wood
bury Long Island has fine a lot of Shetland ana
Welsh ponies as could be found anywhere II Is
sort Of fad with the doctor these dminutive
specimens the horse. Re that life Is too snort
TO spend at doing something which II dlstaseful. ana
that every achieves the best that Is In him when
I'm the chosen occupation OF his life he at once mas
the tot. that strengthens mind and muscle JIG does
not need holiday; to walk out into his fields ana see
the frisky little colts sporting around their dams.
to know where they from. TO see what they are
and thus to be able to calculate what they VIII be- Is
enough for him-quite holiday enough
This love of horsefesh this skill In handling them
the doctor has transmitted to two Of his daughters
In a remarkable degree.
Miss Laura jackson, who Is now young lady.
showed from her earliest infancy the ability to man
age her fathers pets Not alone horses. bat animals
OF all kinds seemed to know that she could and
would force them to do her will Gently she did H.
but firmly. A who has spent his lie among
horses said that Miss Jackson the finest reins-
woman he ever saw in his life. and he also vouch-
safcd the remark that he had seen a great many
women who thought they could manage horses and
a few who really could do little in that line.
Miss Jackson's skill became much talked about
that the Brooklyn Riding and Driving Academy
sought her services an instructor for the young
lady pupils
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can be found. For miles around the neighbor-
hood in which her father lives II there IA horse
of particularly bad manners the owner OF the
horse brings him over to DR.. Jackson's farm for
course of instructions in that which Is proper
etiquette in horse belonging TO a well-regulated
family. Some people have scruples against having
their brains kicked out. by their own pets.
1t matters not to Miss Jackson whether the horse
has ever had a halter over his head In his life or
not She goes into open stall with the animal
and in a soft but firm voice. not too hurriedly,
talks to him. taking time TO get acquainted with
the animal, to win his love at the same time that
she is impressing upon him the knowledge that
she is lis master. In the end the horse Is sub
cued
did she ever get spilled ort?" was asked OF the
Informant oh yes many a time. But she
lets go. She sits the head Of the horse when
in throwing himself he gets tangled up In his har-
ness until some one come to help straighten
things out"
Another one OF DR.. Jackson's daughters Is Miss
Carrie Jackson, still only child of twelve years
When this little girl six years old she drove
span OF her fathers Shetland ponies in an exhibit
ton at the Madison Square Garden. These two
little mares Dinah and Sister. received the first
prize and were purchased by Frank Underhill
The little things not much bigger than good
sized ST. Bernard dogs. After the exhibition at
the Garden this same little girl drove the ponies
down TO Mr. Underhs place at Oyster Bay.
distance of seventy seven miles
One Of the features Of the Queens County Fair
at Mineola for a number OF years has been this
childs anaging OF her fathers horses.
one of the things In the way OF breeding horses
that DR. Jackson is trying TO bring to perfection
Is a cob that shall meet the requirements of
ladies For this purpose the horse should be
'roady," as well having plenty Of style and
action TO this end the doctor has Eclipse. an
imported hackney pony stallion, seal brown about
fourteen hands high. horse Of unusual high
action all round. and great style with disposition
all sunshine and there are few members of the as
semblv that have as many well-known ancestors
His sire Denmark IN. by Sir Charles by
Performer, by Phenomenon, by Widhre. by
Sportsman. His dam Welsh pony mare
Dir Jackson has number OF well bred trotting
mares that he IL breeding to Eclipse.
Among the most interesting OF Dr. Jacksons
small horses is the stallion Rowland L.. imported
direct from the Marquis OF Londonderry's stables.
Rowland l.. IS black as crow. IL eight years
old. and forty-two inches high. There could not