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The Welsh Pony, Described in two letters to a friend

The Welsh Pony, Described in two letters to a friend

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THE WELSH PONY
DESCRIBED IN TWO LETTERS TO A FRIEND



By OLIVE TILFORD DARGAN



BOSTON: PRINTED PRIVATELY
FOR CHARLES A. STONE: 1913



Copyright, 1913, by Charles A. Stone
PINKHAM PRESS, BOSTON



To ANNE WHITNEY



ILLUSTRATIONS

HERD OF WELSH MOUNTAIN PONIES GRAZING Frontispiece
MY LORD PEMBROKE xii
A MORNING RIDE xiv
IMPORTED WELSH STALLION RAINBOW 4
SEARCHLIGHT—PONY MARE 6
THE FAMOUS WELSH STALLION GREYLIGHT 8
A FULL BROTHER OF DAYLIGHT 10
LONGMYND FAVORITE AND HER FOAL MANOMET WHITE STAR 12
MY LORD PEMBROKE WHEN THREE YEARS OLD 14
LONGMYND ECLIPSE ON A RAINY DAY 16
A WELSH COB 18
MARE AND FOAL 20
LONGMYND 22
LONGMYND COMMONS 24
IMPORTED WELSH STALLION MY LORD PEMBROKE 26
LONGMYND ECLIPSE AND GROVE RAINBOW 28
LONGMYND CASTOR 32
LONGMYND ECLIPSE AND MY LORD PEMBROKE 34
BRECON 36
THE BEACONS 38
LONGMYND POLLOX 40
FOREST LODGE PASTURES 42
MY LORD PEMBROKE 44
KNIGHTON SENSATION, LONGMYND ECLIPSE AND MY LORD PEMBROKE 46
KNIGHTON SENSATION 48
MY LORD PEMBROKE IN HARNESS 50



INTRODUCTION



INTRODUCTION

While living in Devon about a year ago, I first became acquainted with the Welsh pony and found great pleasure in riding and driving with my children through the charming lanes and by-ways of Southwestern England.

I was so fortunate as to have at that time an attractive little gray mare which was loaned to me by a friend who was spending the winter in France. This little mare, partly Welsh, was so cheerful and friendly, and seemed so much to enjoy our excursions into the country, that I felt sorry to leave her behind when I left Devon.

The following spring, at the London Horse Show, I saw some splendid specimens of thoroughbred Welsh mountain ponies ridden by children, and my wife and I were so attracted by them that we determined to get four or five and bring them to America. Later during the same season, at the Royal Agricultural Show, which is the best fair of its kind in the world,

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