On Jan 24, 2010, at 7:39 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > 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.;-) > And a horse is a horse of course.
> 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. -- 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.
