Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-08-06

They require careful drafting keep them down to hands
go inchcs).
Exmoors are another famous breed ponies very
costly experiments with the OF Improvement have
been tried by family long series OF years The following
account Of them written by many years ago the illustrator
ys has been brought down the present day by nforma
ton recently gathered EXmoor itself The ENmoors
esng historical point view, because they clearly show
how sparse feed will dwarf and good feed increase the size of horse
stock
".Exnoo aforcstcd by William Rufus continued up to 1918
property the leased Sir Thomas Dyke
Acand who has similar character close adjoining He
wild pasture that time without roads, for breeding
ponies and summcrng the hock EXmoor sheep bred in the
rounding parishes There OF any population having
since the time OF William Rufus The Romans
believed have worked the which have
recently been rcopcned Exmoor consists of at
elevation varying from 1000 to 1900 feet above the OF undu
latng divided by Valleys combes through which the
river Exc, which OF its valleys with its tributary the
Barlc, devious way the form pleasant
rafting and huge and creeping through deep
poosa anglers paradise Like many similar districts in the
Scotch Highlands has prmcva times been the Of the
red deer is still called forest although the with which its
valleys filled have long disappeared
The sides the steep Valleys which include
and others extend for miles usually covered with bcn
heritage here and there with heather and bbc plants sprngn
deep black soil AT spots grccncr hue marks
the OF the boys which impede but deep enough
cngu the incautious horscman.
Nmoor may be nothing strange those wild
scenery TO who has known country only the
cultivated regions England who has but recently quilted
the perpetual OF London there something strangely solemn
and impressive the deep silence OF ride the forest
Horses bred the left to themselves, rapidly pick their
way through pools and boys and smoothly dry flats OF
natural meadow creep safely down the pccptous dcsccnts and
climb scarcely puff distress these steep asccnts splash
through fords the swccd by without a
mcnts hcsaon and along sheep paths bcstrcwcd with loose
without stumble that you perfectly liberty
enjoy the luxury excitement and follow the winding Valleys
and study the rich green and purple hcrbagc.
A sight scarcely less interesting than the deer afforded
by white pony with her young stock consisting ioa still
sucking, ycarng and wocar-od which the valley
the Bac The Woycar-od had straycd away feeding until
when galopng down steep combc ncghing loudly
hcadong speed 1t thus these ponies learn their
footcdncs
1t OF hill land such have uavccd entirely
wild without enclosures roads fences that the hands
the father the present proprietor Mr. Frederick Vim Knight
NJ p He built forty miles made roads,
his Simon Bath large
breeding of Highland cattle the and up consd
rearing ulzcd horses which pony stock
formed only a secondary consideration
The Simon Bath consisted thoroughbred
about thirty large web bred Yorkshire together with
thoroughbred 1t contained among Others horses
three the Dongoa breed oi which hereae
and very ponies The result the production many val
liable hunters hacks, and harness horses.
For many years, when the aghounds oxhounds Of hi
wild district faced the open hills the Exmoobred horses