After a two year hiatus, the Chincoteague Volunteers Fire Company held the 97th Annual Pony Swim and Auction. An esteemed 135 ponies swam the channel to Chincoteague where 63 foals were sold - some bought to be returned to their breeding grounds. Proceeds from the charitable event, go to the veterinary care of the herd on Assateague that must be thinned out each year.