Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-30

the degenerate result foreign
Exmoor breed
Strictly speaking pony tribe genera
tons untold and moorands without shelter and with
other food than the hebage The pony bred
because nothing greater be reared under the circum
of soil and climate The smallest size for any useful pu
pose about hands &c. SO nches) weshaped ponies
that height only fit for pets for the establishment show
Two very perfect pairs ponies hands high totally
different Styles have under my notice within the last
years The first pair of brown stations respectively named Jack
and JILL exhibited by the Countess Hopeoun the Isng
Horse Show 1871 curiousy ugly wagonette
prize in the small stallion class In they admirable
Norfolk The other perfect tandem the proper
ty Mr. Myrng of Walsa exhibited in 1872 miniature
hunters OF perfect shape and that the shape every good riding
pony.
SHETLAND PONY
Where pony hands required the Shetland breed
rarely excced In the Shetland Islands the soil the climate
make impossible breed large animal any kind whether
sheep horse There-as Dcvonshe and Cydcsdac-
tradition that the breeds improved by
which escaped the the Spanish
the slightest historical evidence this and it
likely that the Shetland Norwegian
pony considering that the islands long part
navian kingdom. In districts bordcrcd by
which will fulszcd horse there temptation
the breeder put his agzcd In the Shctand
there is and has been such temptations and there
FORE symmetry has been neglected The
breeds however have been very much influenced by the demands
the export trade Lord Ashes Acts which opera
ton about the year and forbade the boys
daught created demand for small enough draw coal
trucks underground tamways For the last thirty years they
have bred purpose riding drawing
pleasure carriages North visited the Shetland Islands the
press purpose adding description of the ponies his agcu
tua notes He Every the ponies of the country
The Norwegian coors-dun with black tall
stripe down the bacarc requests bays and blacks
grays and chesnuts Pebads
with many buyers opinion that
parakc Iceland and and slower than the
native Sheande The ceanders average hands higher
the Shctandcrs They imported great numbers
Granton and Aberdeen The best Shcandcs from INST
They bred thin soil studded with large red and kinds
grass which the light heaven and the breath the gull
up barrcno looking bed INST may be regarded
heart Shctanda sunny gcniaookng spot when other parts
the dismal enough in the late spring If well kept the
ponies reach "A inches hands but the average So
inches Each has generally ponies the HILL which
they catch and offer the dealers sale May
When the trade ponies the coalpits height
hundred taken thirty thcm)
and about hundred for general all ages from
twelve These heavy sales continued for
the Shetands aged ponies OF late the dealers purchases
fallen In 1867 good horse pony worth G7
unless wonder e less The chief demand Of
January and February
In the Durham colccs Welsh ponies required The
Scotch have the lead Northumberland where larger ponies
required The Scotch ponies bred chiefly Agyshirc Null
Skye and the part average hands
the Iceland the Welsh I, and the Shetland
the ponies have the light years
In wercgutcd pits they kept good condition hunters
with green food and full allowance
peas crushed and mixed with hay chaf and bran They suffer
ndigcsonviz greedy feeding when hungry-carccy
from diseases of the lungs The average work is
To be Continucd