Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-03-04
THE HORSE
BY JOSEPH BATTELL
From Advance Sheets
copyright Secured
continued from last 7Oeek.

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of beer, seemed stand
Like greyhounds on the slip
as much inspired by the sixpence When the word was
given the first step drive herd into the lowest corner OF the
field in as compact possible The bay grey or chestnut
from that hour doomed perpetual slavery and exile from his
native hills pointed by the anxious purchaser
Three w fellows crcpt among the mob sheteng behind
some tame carthoes mutual signal they rushed on the
devoted animal. two one bearing halter fling each
arm round its and with hand to grasp its nosts while
the nsidious third cngng to the flowing tall tired to hfo" inc
poor uuadruped its balance Often they were Dacd III inc St
effort wild spring the would clear the whole ot
and Avng with streaming tail the brook the
field leave whole work be recommended Sometimes Whcn
the feat ccvcry performed pony and were to be
seen all rolling ground together the pony yelling snorng
and fighting with his orccct the cngng on like the aPe
and Centaurs escaping crushed ribs or broken legs IS
impossible imagine On one occasion fine brown stallion
dashed away with pucly fellows hanging on to his name
Rearing pungng fighting with his orc-eet away he bounded
down dec among the huge rocks amid the encouraging cheers
of the spectators the contest doubtful SO
tough the snews and determined the grip OF DaV the
champion wrestler steep bank OF the brook down which the
brown stallion eccssy plunged much for human efforts
they all together into the brook but the pony up
first capcd opposite bank and goped whinnyng in
shor-lved triumph.
After series of such contests well worth the study artists
not content pale copies marbles casts the difficulty OF
katherine these snorng seed equal spirit and probably size
which the Of Boadcea dmished by all those
unaugt being driven back the pound aud there not without
furious battles one by one enslavcd
cuded stir others started off at such pace as
speedily brought holder the halter his One respect
able old gentleman grey stockings and knee beces lost his
animal in much less time than it took him sxpencc
from his knotted purse.
'Yet in all these fights little display of vice
pure fright part the ponies that made them struggle
A few days she'd few carrots, with little salt
and gentle treatment widest the treeyeaods to
doct. When older they difficult to manage 1t was
pretty sight them led spashng through the brook
conquered, but not yet subducd
the evening little chestnut stallion, u
hands Cor fcc height jumped at standing jump over the
pound upwards OF five feet from the ground only just
touching the top rail with his hind feet
Smons Bath was rail continue long to be
the these sales They removed to hampton where the
ponies sold by auction the aBampton Fair being Pa
excellence pony the West England Later little
breaking bestowed the ponies and for several years the
sale OF lots by rail to Reading to meet the buyers
but Chcvot offering lamb and fleece for sale every
found way the ENmoor pastures and entered into
competition with pony which required three four winters
before he the hammer The black cattle have given way tc
the Chcvos and the ponies reduced decreasing herd
forty head which, instead OF finding themselves OF yoe
of the position exc grudgcd existence among ncrca
ing thousands OF Scotch sheep tended by Border Shepherds
the of EXmoor farm tried to breed Gallo
ways Il hands inches and IA hands employ
a a Old Port the diminuve progeny OF Sir Hercules and
Bccsvng afterwards the celebrated pony sire Bobby who
descended through degrees his dams side from Borac
celebrity the Madras the OF OF the be
ponies sold at the sales Thurgaon Pory But
the experiment for the oals required to be
paddocks fed with hay tNOyeao and being
necessarily the improved lands much to breed as
would have produced larger and more valuable animals
original Exmoor ponies which ioacd and fec
without any other food than they could pick
winter sheep had been removed
their winter quarters the surrounding parishes and which hare
winters sometimes persisted of starvation belonged to Sir Thomas
Acand many years rented the forest from the Crown
They by the present Sir Thomas
Acand without much improvement either in size value
a Winsford Hill.
In 1864 when ponies sold Reading, three
unbrokcn gedng averaged forty guineas each blood bay 6