Name of Horse | Owner | Description | Other Note(s) |
Molly | George Benson | 500 lb., dark brown | Bought from Herb Martin; later sold to Joe Peddle, L. H. Ease |
Frank | George Benson | Reddish brown | It was sold to Gus Moyles/Sam Peddle |
Gin | Benson, Jonah/Newman | ||
Nancy | Ron & Ches Dodge | Grayish | Sassy as the devil! |
Vic | Ron & Ches Dodge | Roan red | |
Moll | Ron & Ches Dodge | Chesnut | |
May | Wm. Henry Dodge | 1000 lb., reddish | Blind in one eye |
Dobbin | Albert Drodge | brown | |
Bride | Albert Drodge | 500 lb., grey | |
Shirley | Bram Drodge | 350 lb., dark red | Bought in Terra Nova |
Buster | Don Drodge | Reddish | Foal of Simon Stringer’s Queen, L. H. Ease;Sold to Rev. Edgar Williams for $12.50 – money used to buy a rifle |
Champ | Don Drodge | ||
Prince | Don Drodge | 500 lb., black | Saucy; good to work; sold to Eric Crocker (Swift Current) for $100.00 to buy Jim |
Jim | Don Drodge | 900 lb. dark red | |
Queen | Ed Drodge | 400 lb., black | Bought from Stewart Jacobs, L. H. Ease |
Star | Ed Drodge | Red | Foal, sold to ?? across the bay |
? | Ed Drodge | Gray | Foal, sold to ?? across the bay |
? | Ed Drodge | Black | Sold to Nathan Seward, Sr., Hodge’s Cove |
Fourth | Ed Drodge | Black | Born at Lower Deer Harbour; brought to L. H. Ease by Sime Whalen in longliner |
Prince | Eli Drodge | 800 lb., reddish brown | Sold to Alf Avery, Long Beach |
Silver | Guy Drodge | 800+ lb., grey | Bought from Gordon Drover, Hodge’s Cove |
Belle | Guy Drodge | Bought from Brud Martin, L. H. Ease | |
Star | Jacob Drodge | ||
Frank | Ralph Drodge | 900 lb., black | Bought at a race track in Goulds |
Champ | Theophilus Drodge | 800 lb. black | Was lost “in the country”; found by Will Stringer of L. H. Ease, who then received him as a gift; later given to cousin Hubert Stringer of L. H. Ease |
Pearl | David Jacobs | ||
Dick | George Jacobs | 500 lb., drk brown | Was known to have been summer grazing near Heart’s Ease Beach …. after some time was not seen ever again |
Trigger | Gordon Jacobs | White | Trigger was a white stallion and known for his leadership with horses from our area. He used to place his head in over the gate and pushing on the latch. The gate would open and the horses would enter and consume garden food or grass on the inside. |
?? | Hayward Jacobs | White | Had it for a couple of years, later in the “horse era” |
Pearl | Raymond Jacobs | ||
Harry | Az King | ||
Tom | Az King | See Harry owned by Ted Martin | |
Jen | Will King | ||
Eli Martin | 700 lb., black | Blind in one eye | |
Flash | Fred Martin | 500 lb., dark brown | |
Prince | Fred Martin | 700 lb., black | Tall horse; sold to Simeon Herbert Peddle, Little Heart’s Ease |
Belle | George “Brud” Martin | 900 lb., brown | Sold to Guy Drodge, L. H. Ease; fell through LHE harbor ice; was “blowed up” to make buoyant, and was rolled up onto the ice to be rescued |
Molly | Herb Martin | 500lb., black | Sold to George Benson |
Belle | Jim Martin | 500 lb., grey | Sold to Jim Stringer, L. H. Ease |
Old Ken | Moses Martin | 1300 lb., reddish | Clydesdale; could haul big loads |
Trigger | Otto Martin | 400 lb., black | Of old age, was put down and buried up back of house |
Harry | Ted Martin and Az King | Harry was originally owed by Ted Martin. He sold it to Az King when he moved to Montreal in 1949. Harry was something of a wilder spirit as can be seen in the photo with the damaged fence.Ted returned to Little Heart’s Ease in 1959 and a few years later, Az gave the horse back to Ted. Harry was getting old and Az didn’t want to make away with him. Ted had Harry for several years after that before he got too old to keep. | |
Myrtle | Joshua Norris | 500 lb., roan | Newfoundland pony |
Prince | Simeon Herbert Peddle | Bought from Fred Martin, L. H. Ease | |
Pet | Stephen Price | 1000 lb., white | |
Doll | Stephen Price | ||
Andrew Shaw | black | ||
Jimmy | Peter Shaw | 700 lb., red | Sold to ? |
Bill | Peter Shaw | 800 lb., black | Bought from George Thomas, Hodge’s Cove |
Frank | Abe Smith | ||
Sammy | Sam Smith | 450 lb., grey | Bought in Lethbridge |
Nelson | Cle(ophas) Soper | 500 lb., white | |
Don | Elijah Soper | ||
Sol Spurrell | Long horse | ||
Harry | Tite (Titus) Spurrell | 1500 lb. | |
Tricks | Tite (Titus) Spurrell | ||
Storm | Tom Spurrell | Newfoundland pony | |
Albert Stacey | |||
Walt Stacey | spirited | ||
Frank | Doug Stringer | ||
Belle | Eli and Jim Stringer | 500 lb., grey | Purchased from Jim Martin |
Lucky | Eli Stringer | 900 lb., grey | Balky! Bought from and traded back to Ron Earle of Conception Bay |
Prince | Eli Stringer | 750 lb., red | |
Ruby | George Stringer | ||
Trigger | George Stringer | 500 lb., reddish | |
Bun | Hubert Stringer | 500 lb., whitish | |
Doll | Hubert Stringer | White | Saucy; bought from Dan Balsom, Hodge’s Cove |
Dancer | Hubert Stringer | fast | |
Jenny | Jonah Stringer, Jr. | 450 lb., grey | |
Wally | Jonah Stringer, Jr. | Foal from Jenny | |
Tricks | Jonah Stringer, Jr. | 400 lb., red | |
Jonah Stringer, Jr. | White | bought from Tom Spurrell, Butter Cove; hard to catch | |
Nellie | Levi Stringer | 450 lb., black | Bought in Clarenville around 1947…“could trot and gallop with the best of the “racers” in Little Heart’s Ease at that time. She was an excellent worker and had a rare ability to get in and out of boats. Horses were transported across the Southwest Arm to Ford’s Harbour and up to Thomas’s to cut firewood and timber, etc. and were reluctant to board boats. Nellie would jump in and out. Nellie was sold to Harrison Spurrell of Butter Cove around 1955. She had one foal which Levi kept. |
Tom | Levi Stringer | Nellie’s foal; was a very high-strung, easily spooked horse, fences meant nothing to him. He wasn’t a true Newfoundland pony, being a crossbreed, but he did have the speed of his mother. He moved to Adeytown in 1957 with the family and was sold to Azariah King in 1958. Mr. King later sold him to Clarence Baker in Caplin Cove. | |
Scott | Nehemiah Stringer | 400 lb., dark red | |
Pearl | Richard “Dick” Stringer | 500 lb., dark brown | |
Blossom | Simon Stringer | 400 lb., white | |
Dan(dy) | Simon Stringer | 450 lb., white | Sold to Solomon Peddle, L. H. Ease |
Bon | Simon Stringer | 900 lb., white | Bought from ?? Avery, Long Beach |
Queen | Simon Stringer | 450 lb., white | Bought from Norman Drodge, L. H. Ease |
Champ | Simon Stringer | 450 lb., white | Had 4 white hooves .. rare! |
Jack | Will Stringer | 800 lb., black | Sold to Georgie Shaw, L. H. Ease; used to hide away; saucy |
Champ | Will Stringer | 800 lb., black | From Theophilus Drodge, L. H. Ease |
Charlie | Willie George Stringer | 400 lb., black | Bought from Ti Shaw, L. H. Ease |
Doll | George Strong | black | Thoroughbred; racing horse; saucy |
Bravo | Nick Vey | Found stogged, dead in the country | |
Rex | Nick Vey | 900 lb., red | Sold to ?? Gregory, Queen’s Cove |
Bandit | Wilfred “Biff” Warren | 500 lb., paint | Sold to ?? |
Wilfred “Biff” Warren | 800+ lb. | Quarter horse; was killed when fell over a bank by highroad in centre of Hodge’s Cove | |
Diablo | Wilfred “Biff” Warren | ||
Reg Whalen | 900 lb., black | ||
Lady | “Billy Shan” Whalen | Used to hire it out for use in lumberwoods in Central Newfoundland; would take it back and forth on train | |
Unknown | Joseph and Hannah (Piercey) Martin | ||
Dan | Solomon Spurrell | ||
Broncco | Bill Jacobs | ||
Bonnie | William James Green | Poem by Lester Green | |
Unkown | Walt Stacey | ||
Bell and Tex | Brud Martin | ||
Flash | Cyril Stringer | ||