On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: > I was going to debate whether these were ponies or >horses. Ponies are up to 14-3 hands hi, horse start at 14-3. Thes are ponies.;-)
I like this one; http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10561310 Dave > I guess > it's sort of like arguing over whether a lion can correctly be called > a cat or not. It seems that even the equine experts don't agree. The > people most closely associated with these horses often refer to them > as ponies, which differ from standard horses in a number of ways, > predominantly being smaller in stature. From what I read, if a foal > of one of these ponies is taken out of the harsh island habitat and > put out to a normal horse pasture and feeds on a normal horse diet, > they grow to the full stature of a horse. > > I was happy I went and it was a fun trip. Of course no wild horse > running through the surf, especially not on a cold, blustery winter > day. Most of these look better if you double-click on the normal > sized image to enlarge it further. > > http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=492278 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
