Show isic 1 ac nud bixl ixl little 11 olAeR A Scotch nian has said that if one wini to take the colonal tol col osal clydesdale horo hors o to shetland turn liim him out to rough it in ill the cokl md and rain slid and pick liis his own living ingulf olt the hillsides hill sides ami valleys in the course of time tit tho breed would become ns as small and tough as the little sheltie we lve give illustrations here of two extremes of horse families the lar larga 3 N 14 I 1 1 i IN X N jk AND SHETLAND horse shown in tile picture is a cent imported Pei cheron stallion stal liun ull of the tha stock bred by tile french few finer atai nals than tl this ais have ever como come to america tile little horse is ii a 1 shetland pony and the illustration exhibits well tho difference in their respective size shet laurl ponies are becoming profitable ablo c adf nials to breed in this country on oil account k of more und anil more of them chetri beiji being requited every year ear for children a s cal cai reiges rii A pair of good Shet povie i alls w for from to 2 27 ia they irb are also much used for leiding by childred chil drea and coring girls they tit me e docile but lather obstinate little that wall walk canter awl and gallop well al 7 P r I 1 V A ad I 1 4 1 I 1 1 I 1 i I 1 t NATIVE clie shetland puny pony was r originally the ordinary bided livorse aul it lias has been sturt stunted Led and dwaine awaited l in coill se OI of L time by the inc inclement lenient eli cann tunic clr limited food anil and the general necessity ot of roughing it in the shetland isles tha people of shetland 1 are mail I 1 like ike the pc lic ines bics the little animal has been much improved since it a i fabino nabla horge aarion airion among the children ildren cli of the wealthy in europe europ an and 1 in ili th iab first crat picture above is seen the improved shetland hint constitutes the pony of in ili tile alio second illustration is the original rough sheltie just us lie he came from iiii native isles before generous food and care had bad anade the breed shiny and a tit inetri metrical cal |