Lehi Sun | 1922-06-29 | Page 9 | Indian Ponies of Far West

Indian Ponies of Far Wet. Tho original Indian ponies were descendants de-scendants from horses escaped from the earliest Spnnlsh explorers unci conqtilslndores, nnd thoso horses were descended In Spain from old Moorish stock which had Its origin In Arabia The animals were comparatively small, hut- posseshi'd tho Arab's unwearying energy nnd great riirrjinB ability. II was that stock that boeuir tho Indlnn pony of the lands west of the Mississippi, Missis-sippi, the wild horse of the Far West, (he'snmller,cnyuse of the Oregon und Washington country. Nnturally It degenerated de-generated In nppenrance through. lack of special selection In the sires, but It retained Its stamina and smull feet to a remarkable degree.