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Show ill i i - ii i n i i . BREEDING SHETLAND PONY FOR CHILDREN'S PLEASURE Lull Animal la Mont l)ocll l I (uln Trllif. nnd Setmlng-ly .' -' ' Must Silicic-Inns V.'lnre Tlu-y OrlgU tinlly Ciime I- rem. Children Prti. J; (leelge W. Ce.o.tncrp. II prominent I flgille oil the I'ol.illoic Si Iwny, llll- Ipilo.lu.-e.l Into the llistilit el Colillli , l.i.i a ii. -w industry. I Mr (I, .,.,1.1. is proposes to devote ! mil. Il of his time In the lulule to Hie j Inc. ding ill Shetland ponies, and bus lliellllt llipnlled t - held of l.illilH I fill .in Hn. lis which be has I... .it. .1 ,.i j bl . kIiiIi- III the VI. Hilly of llllght- i Wood Hltne llo-tr iirihal these poll ten have exclleil linn II llillllll ill lull oil! a. it of their gentleness mid lutein I i gem e I With one or two exceptions, the ponies me of Hip tiny kind, as the Illustration shown; In tact, they are no miii ii 11 ninl Hip major portion of tbeiti could puan between the legs of a llinn of liveuige sire without the ruf fie of a hnlr'.Tbe lord of Hip harpiii In a pprfeejH minto 1 1n v nppetim.u of the Hlicllmid tribe culled Hlllle. black 111 color, mid be cnti do utmost anything any-thing he In called upon to do except talk mid pay taxea. The cutest In the bnnd In a tiny nyiuiMinluiu of borneltesh culled lir. Chase Ir, no nnmed because be re npuibles the INH-Ior 111 color, being a gulden norrel, and again because bin mm kings nre nlmllnr to tbone w orn by the greut Speedway troller All of the polilen except two nre of the pop uhir color, being either white and black or buy and white The fashion In itonlca rtiun ntrongly toward the extremely nmall ones 'J'hey bring fnliiiloun prlcen when of right nlzo and color In nil large cltlea In ibln country, not only on account of their oddity, but bemuse the sirs denlred In hard to produce. The primitive prim-itive home of the Shetland In In the Inlmida which lie off tho extreme northern const of Hcollnnd. lllcnk and denolnte are thene Inlandn, even In the luldnt of Bummer. The grann la aparae and not over-ntitrltloua. It la In winter, hnwovor, that the angaclty and endurance uf the Hbetlnud la put to tho tent. He la compelled to dig through the anow for tho forngo he (eta, or, maybe. If the anow la too deep fur him lo reach the ground, ho Uvea on twlga and aeaweed. In tho caae of the Hhetlund pony, I. la truly a eurvlval of the intent. The l.nen are kept by their In lern In J; ' dunes, ami. when In the spring they I ' wander in 'lie water's edge to get a I l.e.to of se.iweed to niipplelllelit their a v " latloiis. sioies of II. i ni iierlsh nn tint X Heai herons tides freiiieiitly catch Hi. in iituiwaren mid the weakest ara n-i n-i .iltl. il out Into Hie ocean. The .. (1 I, "kid iueslon. rom v win- lid the Shethimln comeT baa : lieeii answeieil lii different ways Tho commonly aicepi.-d explanaiton la that 1 1 1 - v were liken to I In- Islanda from the mainland many centurion ..go; tliai Hoy were orlglniilly a horse. Instead of a puny, mid that the luiidshlps they have been cnitinllpd to endure hnve illinlnlslied their nlxe. This belief In fortified by the fncl that when the Shothiliil In generously fe he liicrensen In nlre nnd hulk, and thin fuct also ban brought illaaei ler lo a number of lire. -.lorn In thla country. Whatever fashion ilemnndn, breeo Pre must nuiily or go out of liiintnewa A pony that tn not much fuller than a great lump will bring linn mora tn the market thnn one Hint meanurea nix Inchen higher. Hlch fat hern and rich mothers neek the tiny mica foe their children, and they do not aland ( on the Hinder (of price when they II ml what they nre seeking Tho Hhetlund In the mont docile nf thn eiiulne tribe, nnd, neemlngly, the moot niigiiclotin. Ikiubtleno, Ida euvlron- lueuta hnve nhnrpencd bin Inntlnrta to a rpiunrkublp deg-rpo. lu blinid ha In the plchclun of the plebelnna, aa moderna count horneflenli, for hla breeding In only one degree higher t Ii ii li Hint of the ox or the nss; thai In, tho true Shetland. The mont remiirknlilo breed nf pony known la the t'nnndlnn French pony, hla ancealorn having been brought ovi-r from Prance by the French coh ntnta. He evidently haa good blood In hla vulna, and may have deacondeel friuu tho bpatitnli pnlfray, aa ba pacea. and tmla. In a borne of high aplrrt. and of considerable aiecd. The note4 Hal fntnlly. The Pilot Jr. family, thai ('.opperbottoiiia, and aome of the other oth-er pacing famlllea In the Unite rttnlea sprnng from tho lolna ot French Canadian imnlea. |