 Another version of the 'whiskey', known as a 'whisky', is constructed exceptionally light in weight for the purpose of allowing it to be drawn by small ponies or light horses.American writer Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. memorialized the shay in his satirical poem
 " "or" The Wonderful One-Hoss Shay".In the poem, a fictional deacon crafts the titular wonderful one-hoss shay in such a logical way that it could not break down.