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About the Fell Breed
.Upwards of 90 years ago the Fell Pony was
used to carry the lead from the mines to the docks on Tyneside
in Northern England. Loose-headed and in droves of twenty, these
ponies carried 16st. of lead, pannier fashion 8st. a side. In
the charge of a mounted man, this drove was kept together at
a steady walk, and 240 miles per week was the pony’s job.
These were the Dales and Fell ponies. In those days there was
no distinction between the breeds. The Pennine range of hills
is the backbone running down the North of England separating
Westmorland and Cumberland from Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire.
It is a great range of wild moorland, with but few scattered
farms, where only the hardiest animals can stand the climate.
Roughly, from the crown of the hills away to the west and in
the mountains of Westmorland and Cumberland, overshadowing Windermere,
Ullswater, Derwentwater and the lesser lakes, the Fell ponies
are to be found running wild, and finding what they can to sustain
life on these precipitous and none-too-hospitable hills. On
the other side, away to the east, is the home of the Dales pony
– the brother breed – a rather stockier pony and
standing an inch or two higher. Although formerly used as a
pack pony, carrying great weight, the Fell pony is an excellent
riding pony; indeed, as a general utility ride-and-drive, he
is hard to beat. From the admirable show type seen at the National
Pony Society’s Annual show held at Roehampton, London,
to the rough and rather uncouth animal seen in his native surroundings,
the Fell seems to breed wonderfully true to type. Indeed, of
all the mountain and moorland breeds of Britain, none breeds
more truly to type than the Fell.
Description: Height not exceeding 14 hands. Colour, black, brown,
bay or grey. Head is small with a broad forehead, tapering to
the nose. The neck is of proportionate length, giving good length
of rein. The stallion has a moderate crest. Shoulders are well
laid-back and sloping, not too fine at withers or loaded at
point; good, long, shoulder blade and well-developed muscles.
The back is strong and the loins muscular. The body is deep,
thick through the heart, round-ribbed, short and well coupled.
Hindquarters are square and strong, tail is well set on. Feet
are of good size, round, open at heels. Pasterns are fair, sloping
but not too long. Forelegs are straight and big with well-formed
knees; short cannon bone and plenty of good bone below knees,
8 inches at least; great muscularity of arm. Hind legs have
good thighs; hocks well let down and clean cut; plenty of bone
below joint; plenty of fine hair (coarse hair objectionable)
at heels; all except at point of heel may be cast in summer.
The pony should have a smart and true walk and a well-balanced
trot with good knee and hock action, going well from the shoulder
and flexing the hock; should show great pace and endurance.
The Fell is constitutionally as hard as iron with good pony
character, an alert and lively appearance and great bone.
Reference has been made to the alliance of the Fell with the
Dales Pony, and although there is now some difference in height
and a very considerable difference in appearance, the fact remains
that at one time they were practically identical, the difference
in name being purely territorial. A great change, however, now
separates the two, and this has been brought about by crossbreeding,
and by the introduction of heavy horse blood. The Fell Pony
Society and the pony’s breeders are very jealous of the
purity of the breed and are unlikely to permit the introduction
of any alien blood so far as can be seen. Of all our mountain
and moorland breeds there are few more easily recognised than
the black or brown Fell Pony, with its very long and rather
ample and well-curled mane and tail and, for a pony, generously
feathered heels.
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