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coated, or double -coated, with fine, short, mossy hair 

 and a long, coarser coat, that -he seeks the shelter of a 

 building only in extremely tempestuous weather. When 

 removed to a milder climate and housed, it requires but 

 a few generations to materially modify the hairy cover- 

 ing, and, in some cases, even the general form of the 

 animal as well. The tendency is for them to grow taller, 



FlO. 2:3. Exile of Pittsl'ord (4.V20). Height, 43> inches. 

 Owned by Mrs. Estelle F. Hawley, Pittsford, N. \. 



trimmer and of slightly less robust build if judiciously 

 fed. The well-bred, home-reared pony is likely to fill 

 the eye of the American boy better than the imported. 

 There are several varieties of the Shetland ponies, 

 due, in part, to the aspect of the locality in which they 

 are bred; in part to the different tastes of the breed- 

 ers; and probably, in part, to slight differences in the 

 foundation stock of the several varieties, However, 



