SHETLAND PONIES

Mrs J. Oscar Muntz first became interested in breeding Shetland ponies sometime before 1916.
The situation between the wars was parlous for the Shetland breed, and ponies were virtually valueless.
Miss Rosalie Chichester, (whose home was Arlington Court, near Barnstable, Devon), was however, amongst many other things an enthusiastic breeder of Shetland ponies,
It is thought that an arrangement was made for Miss Chichester to provide Mrs Muntz with foundation stock, so that she could start breeding Shetland ponies of her own, (it is known that Mrs Muntz was interested in breeding ponies, small in size.)

Mrs Muntz first appears as a member of, The Shetland Pony Stud-Book Society in 1916, when she registered six foals, and she remained a member until sometime in 1939, when she appears to have ended her membership.

Note:
Arlington Court now belongs to the National Trust, (the stable block houses a nationally important display of carriages, from grand state coaches to humble governess carts.)
Miss Rosalie Chichester, two years before her death in 1948, donated the extensive and lovely estate to the National Trust, with her death the Arlington branch of the family, which had remained unbroken since 1384, became extinct.