. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 176 THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE breeder, has used Arab pony stallions on Shetland mares, pro- ducing a pony of considerable refinement about 46 to 48 inches high. These are known in the trade as Fetlar, or Lady Nicholson ponies. On Bressay, Iceland ponies have been crossed on Shet- lands. Visitors to the islands have seen work horses weighing from 1200 to 1500 pounds, some of which have been bred to. Fig. 68. A pony mare in winter coat on one of the Shetland Islands. From photograph, by courtesy of John Anderson & Sons, Lerwick, Scotland Shetland
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 176 THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE breeder, has used Arab pony stallions on Shetland mares, pro- ducing a pony of considerable refinement about 46 to 48 inches high. These are known in the trade as Fetlar, or Lady Nicholson ponies. On Bressay, Iceland ponies have been crossed on Shet- lands. Visitors to the islands have seen work horses weighing from 1200 to 1500 pounds, some of which have been bred to. Fig. 68. A pony mare in winter coat on one of the Shetland Islands. From photograph, by courtesy of John Anderson & Sons, Lerwick, Scotland Shetland stallions. Bearing on the subject of Shetland type, the following, by a well-known British authority,^ is of interest: At present, things are somewhat in a transition stage, which causes confu- sion in the minds of some people as to what is the correct type. When the show career of the Sheltie first commenced, the best paying demand was undoubtedly for the pits, and the aim was to get the biggest possible bulk as near the ground as possible, while symmetry and true action had to take a secondary place. Fortunately for the breed, however, the advent of the foreign demand has created a higher standard. Beauty of shape and smart, well carried head counts for more than it used to, and true, close and springy action is deemed essential. Occasionally, however, when a judge full of the old tradi- tions officiates, the prizes will go to ponies with huge bodies on abnormally short legs, suggestive of moles, and no doubt most valuable to drag a hutch in the low galleries of a coal mine, but absolutely unsuited for a child's saddle 1 Frank T. Barton, Ponies and All about Them. London, 1911. Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston,
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