ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The Equine Studies Department at St. Mary-of-the-Woods has more than doubled in the past few years. "When I first got here two and a half years ago we had 17 students," Dr. Ed Ferguson, Equine Studies Department Chair, said. "This fall we had 40 (students)." The horse population has grown [.]