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


THE Exmoo sold the demise Of Mr. Knight ST..
1880 by the Smon Bath
"'The efforts the late Mr.. Knight the improvement
with they He persisted
many years following the our-course system cultivation under
which he had in his time larger tract of sandy and far
heats north Worcestershire
excellent tunp and barley land His and large
the elevation climate
opposed than encouraged produc
improved permanent grass land for which the soil climate
hills proved be well adapted The
great increase the prices sheep cattle and dairy produce and
improved facilities afforded by railways reaching Bristol
and London markets. rapidly augmentng the value of the
grass lands of North Devon
Coming did, from part of the country where ponies
pcrquisies old ladies and little Children
shaped horse be got hands the better the
first feeling mounting rough little unkcmpt brute fresh
the barely hands CAS- nchcs) height intensely
ridiculous 1t seemed the slightest mistake would send the
rider clean the animals head But learned that the
indigenous pony useful qualities be surpassed
by animals greater size and pcensons We crossed the
the bridge by the ford and passing through
Struggling village Smons Bath arrived sight the field
where the Tatcrsa the sell the wild and horse
stock bred the a field of and
half forming very steep slope with the upper part comparatively
fiat the opng side broken by quarry and dotted with
huge blocks quartz At its base flowed OF the
had marnng \ substantial but the
proved sufficiently high bounded the whole field
On the upper part Of double pound united by neck
with gate each end had been constructed Of rails upwards Of
five height Into the these pounds by ingenious
agcmcnt all the ponies wild tame been driven When
the commercial duty the hcrdsman o separate
time and drive them through the neck the
pound before the Around crowd of spectators Of
every degree cuccdsqucs and cergymcn
and Northamponshrc and Lincolnshire well
South Devon and the immediate ncighbohood.
ponies years ago
Dongola thoroughbred stations the indigenous x-
since carefully cucd from year year for the purpose
securing the perfection among the stations and
reserved for breeding purposes.
The modern EXmoor seldom exceeds hands, has we'll
shaped head with very small The body round compact
well ribbed with good quarters and powerful hooks legs
straight the muscles well developed by early racing
up steep sides while following their dams In
about forty lots the prevailing bay brown and gray
blacks less frequent although black
OF he original breed.
The great Pcrchcd rails had
ushc auctionecr rather hoarsc and quite
oct ponies wildly rushing about the first enclosure
with difficulty separated pairs be driven the sale por
with and tail style
that would great applause Ascys Then
difficulty deciding whether the figures marked in white the
animals headquarters eight three five Instead of the
regular up down Tatcrsas Whk of the cap
produce tremendous capcr very pretty exhibition
made by little with late oa about the size OF setter dog
The sale amusing cnsucd Every who
bought pony catch In order clear the way
sold wild and nearly deer had been turned
the field joint stock company OF pony-cache headed by
champion the dstr-a hawknoscd fresh complex
ioncd uansood ready be hired the moderate
rate OF sixpcncc per pony, caught and delivered.
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