Somewhere back in the midsts of time (the 1970s, haha!), one of my cousins gave me a horse she was no longer interested in keeping. It wasn’t a Breyer, but nonetheless I was thrilled to have it. It was a plastic, pseudo-woodgrain finish grazing mare. She bears no marking from a manufacturer, so her origin is unknown. I played with that mare often and she was the pony who tagged along with my Breyer Classics. I paired her with her own stallion-a stylized horse carved from wood with a removable tail. He was named Boomerang due to that tail, even though it didn’t really look like a boomerang at all. Eventually one of the mare’s legs snapped off, but I couldn’t discard her. I may still have her somewhere, and I am pretty sure that I have my old friend Boomerang tucked away.
While zipping through eBay listings, I spied an old familiar shape which gave me pause. I scrolled back up to see my old grazing pony mare’s twin. I put her on my watch list, and a short time later received one of those automated seller discounts for showing interest in the item. I bought her, and she arrived a few days later. This particular mare is a bit darker than my original, who was a few shades lighter. I never thought I’d ever see one like her again, and interestingly she came from Michigan. I believe that my cousin acquired hers in Michigan or Wisconsin.
She’s an endearing little mare, even though her eyes and ears are roughly the same size and shape, her legs lack definition, and her woodgrain coat has streaks and drips. She reminds me of the pony you spot in an old pasture while driving down a country road. Not the fancy show pony with the picture perfect conformation and flashy coat, but the ubiquitous country pony everyone wants to hug.
Here’s the little mare:
She even has the same strange line across her front left leg by the elbow. I thought someone was trying to destroy the leg on my original:
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