Shetland Ponies

Beschreibung

Shetland Ponies

Shetland Ponies by Valerie Russell

First published 1996

The Shetland is loved for his wisdom and his courage, his companionable ways, his gay and willing service – as well, of course, as the endearing shape ad size. That shape and size were formed in the harsh environment of the Shetland Isles, for good reasons of survival.

This book describes the foundations of the bred, and its history in the Shetlands where it was traditionally used for carrying peat as well as humans. It charts the historic effects of the Mines Act, which inadvertently influenced the course of the breed, and shows how the tough little ponies adapted to life underground in the mines, their stamina and docile temperaments ideally suited to the rigorous conditions.

ISBN 1 873580 26 6