But strength and toughness isn't the monopoly of the big 'uns. Here is Manchado, one of 

 the toughest ponies ever. This was one of the pair of horses with which the late A. F. Tschif- 

 feley made his famous ride across two continents from Chile to New York. Manchado was 

 already sixteen years old at the beginning of this epic adventure through tropical jungle 

 and parching desert. 



