THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, July 27, 1994               TAG: 9407270444
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
                                             LENGTH: Short :   39 lines

CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: ***************************************************************** Auction of the wild ponies that swam across the Assateague Channel will be held today, from 8 a.m. to noon, at the carnival grounds in Chincoteague. A schedule of events Wednesday had an incorrect day for the auction. Following the auction will be other events, including entertainment and an evening carnival. Correction published in The Virginian-Pilot, Thursday, July 28, 1994, on page A2. ***************************************************************** IT'S PONY-SWIM TIME\

More than 125 wild ponies and foals will swim across the Assateague Channel today for the 69th annual Pony Penning and Fireman's Carnival. The auction is today only. The carnival also runs Friday and Saturday.

TODAY:

[For complete schedule of events, please see microfilm] ILLUSTRATION: Photo

MOTOYA NAKAMURA/Staff

Chincoteague ponies rest in a pen Tuesday at the Chincoteague

National Wildlife Refuge on the Eastern Shore. About 125 ponies will

make the swim across the Assateague Channel this morning for the

annual sale. The origin of the herd of mustangs is unknown, but a

popular theory is that a Spanish ship wrecked offshore and stranded

the ponies.

by CNB