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IM Hills Royal Winter Fair Miniature horses come full circle Eager Beavers The lit Ac loo Beaver held a very ceremony Nov at the Scoot Hall when IS Beavera one leader and one wen Invested Front raw ram left ihe newly Invested are Bobby McGinn Brian Rot Paul Schiller Joan KendaD Brown Mark Mnllby Ryan Bowen and Andrew Martin Second row Mare Vincent Jaaon Doyle Stephen Dunn Bryan Matthew Wilton Ryan Gallagher Nathan EDa Third row Andre Kevin Felt Robbie McMillan Matthew Henderson Ed die Matthew Morrow Ryan Turpln Robbie Vorae Green Tommy Wlnitooc and Michael In the bach row ate leaden Dan Green Bear Tom Wnitonc Karen Dsgenal Joanne Fell Tic Dong Collin ADC or Kennv Fell Heather Reindeer Leon Ha whey Absent were Blair Ferguson and Chris Scully A horse Is a horse of course of course Or la It an often naked question at Ihe ktables of Gloria Austin a breeder of miniature horses Our stallion Is only Inches tall It only weighs 179 pounds says Ms Austin showing her horses at this years Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Thai small all right especially when you compare it to a 1000- pound draught horse like a Clydesdale or a Belgian By definition a miniature horse has all the characteristics of a he ground Miniature horse come In a wide variety of colors bay chestnut dapple black and are known for their good disposition and being easy to train In all of North America there s no more than about 30 miniature said Ms Austin adding ft A Directory of Services Offered in Our jjEiHrmoNca MbWNftti 8731820 that ma In Canada there are less than For a breeder there s a very low overhead it sizeable Investment to start up but upkeep and overhead are very low They don t each Ms Austin who operates a horse farm near Rochester N has miniatures as well as a larger stock of quarter horses Morgans Missouri foxtrolters and American But she loves her miniatures My husband and I are retired and wanted to get Into breeding We started in beef cattle but soon realised there waan much money began lo breed horses It t until four years ago that Ms Austin started breeding miniature horses The to she collects for each horse the now sells helps con vince her the made the right si on Ms Austin tells her horses to other miniature horse dealers as well as showmen Some horse owners buy the smaller breed as a companion for their horse while some people buy the miniature Mraiati lature horses are first noted in history In the 1 century used as pets In the courts of European animals are said to have wandered royal palaces much like our modern dogs and cats wander the horses became compa nion to gypsies and were used in theatrical perf Their darkest days were In Revolution Europe when the tiny hones were used to pull ore cars In coal mines It was that coal mine connection which helped bring the h to North America Horses were sbdp- You might say theyve come full circle and ire being used for again said Ma Austin The breeder says she cant keep up with demand for the horses which are at small as Inches tall and weighing 10 to pounds when born Shes hoping to introduce Ihe horse a large scale Into Canada So far the response at the Royal has been good said Ha Austin The New York breeder says she attends about 10 exhibitions and about 10 breeders shows each year I prefer the exhibitions The horses dont have to be groomed so neatly and 1 like the chance to talk to people about Ihe horses she added Just Call Us Your Electronics Hospital Well patch up your tape player and put your stereo in a Whatever it takes to get your equipment on the road to recovery and In- top working order well do Were your expert trouble- shooters FREE ESTIMATES ToAllCarnHnl