Lögberg-Heimskringla - 22.06.2001, Síða 5

Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 22. júní 2001 • 5
What ’s happening in...
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Enn fékk Gústa í
Garði fjórlembinga
Gústafrom Garður has quadruplets again
For Þorlákur, the reeve of
Grímsey, and his wife, Hulda,
farming at Garður is flourishing.
This spring their sheep, Gústa, had
quadruplets. Gústa has a long and
famous history. First of all she, herself, is
a quadruplet who was bom at an unusu-
al time for a sheep, that is to say in
August, and that’s how she got her name.
For the last four years Gústa has
given her owners fifteen lambs in total—
let’s see other sheep do better! In 1998
and 1999 she had quadruplets and in
2000 she had triplets.
This year Gústa’s quadruplets tumed
out to be two ewes and two rams, all of
them black as coal. But the bright thing
about the mother, Gústa, is that all her
lambs show up in the fall.
Photo: Morgunblaðið/Helga Mattína
Þorlákur and Hulda with the quadru-
plet-bearing Gusta.
Translated from Morgunblaðið byÁ. H.
Icelandic horse
Continued from page 1
have been unburdened in order to swim
approximately 100 metres across the
river Hvítá, while their riders and cargo
are ferried across.
Horse and rider appear clearly on
seven stamps issued in 1930, 1963,
1974 (two), 1982, 1994 and 1997, rang-
ing in topic from riding over the land to
filming an Icelandic saga, and artistical-
ly encompassing woodcarving, paint-
ing, and other forms. With the aid of a
magnifying glass, horse and rider can
be detected on stamps issued in 1950,
1956, and 1970 (and there may be
more), plus a 1988 souvenir sheet. Two
of the best examples of this are the tiny
horse and rider dwarfed by the waterfall
Skógafoss and Þórarinn Þorláksson’s
lovely landscape painting Áning (Rest).
Horse without rider can be found on
four stamps issued in 1930 and 1958-60
(set of three).
The centuries-old tradition of driv-
ing untrained horses (under four years
of age) and mares with colts up to the
highlands each mid-June, to be rounded
Plioto: Lillian Vilborg ■
up before the first winter snowfalls, has
given way to environmental concems
which now prohibit over-grazing in
most of the highlands. Some say this
presents a direct threat to maintaining
the character and stamina required to
preserve the mystique of the Icelandic
horse, which has had no admixture
since it first came to Iceland with the
settlers. Horses that leave the country
for whatever purpose may never retum.
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Presentation Folder
The Icelandic Horse on Stamps
Horses and ponies on stamps of lceland make an
interesting theme for the collector. lceland Post has
issued stamps depicting the countr>'s famed horse,
showing five of its gaits and more common color
varieties. The date of issue: May 17th 2001.
The stamps are available in sets and also in a colorful
presentation folder, a great souvenir and ideally suited
for gifts. The folder has texts in English with information
about the origin of the horse, and its gaits and some of
its unusual and strikingly beautiful colors.

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Orders can be piaced at: lceland Post, Postphll, Storhofdi 29, IS-110 Reykjavik, iceland
E-mail: postphil@postur.is • Tei.: 354-580 1050 • Fax.: 354-580 1059 • www.postur.is/postphii
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