Show HORSES THAT FEED ON FISH wild banker ponies greedily devour fish left stranded by high tide along the shores of albemarle sound bound south carolina lie miles of low sandy banks the greater part be ing covered with little vegetation save eave coarse grass wild parsley and other salt water weeds to this region come those who shoot the canvas back duck that frequents the tha little streams and salt marshes with which this coast abounds feeding upon the wild par sley eley and marsh grains on some of these banks are a teed t eed of small wild horses horbes known in the neighborhood as banker ponies they are quite untamed and for have rough shaggy coats and are generally about twice the size of a shetland pony now and again one reaching the size of a small horse each year the herd berd owners drive them into pens where the foals are branded with his bis owners mark and those required are caught and sold to the dealers it I 1 JA said that these beasts have to be starved into eating grain and hay or grass their whole subsistence up to this time having been the rank salt grass grabs of the marshes and fish the latter they catch for themselves at low tide us ing their hoofs to dig deep holes boles in the sand below high water mark and they greedily devour the fish so left stranded often fighting ovel an es specially pec lally ally tempting one in captivity they are said to ajr dl play intelligence though seldom a re liable temper they are tamed by darkness and semi starvation ind make excellent draught animals show ing strength far beyond their size they eat voraciously consuming us as much PS full sized horses the foals bred from banker ponies in captivity make valuable ant mals they are strong healthy and intelligent less vicious than their pa rents and command good prices |