E. }. Lehmann, 



Director 

 Chairman, Finance 

 Committee 



The man whose pocket is plethoric with money, whether 

 acquired or inherited, who finds his adiposity increasing 

 to an alarming degree, his liver inactive, his mental facul- 

 ties dulled and his zest in life gone and who finds that 

 even sherry and bitters or cocktails (if he is lucky enough 

 in this over-virtuous age to have such things) do not 

 enable him to get up a semblance of an appetite for his 

 three meals per diem, goes to his doctor to find what 

 is the matter with him. If his physician is up to date 

 and does not need to keep him on tap as a meal ticket, 

 he will tell him to buy a high stepping hack (saddle 

 horse), ride for an hour every morning before breakfast, 

 have a cold shower and a good rub down on coming 

 back and report to him in ten days or a fortnight. Our 

 friend may require cushions in his chair for a few days 

 but that will soon wear off. He will find his breeches 

 buttons becoming less and less strained round his waist, 

 his mental faculties clearer and more alert and his appe- 

 tite returning to such an extent that the high cost of 

 living will become a concrete instead of an abstract 

 quantity. No matter what his age he will bid defiance to 

 Father Time and his good doctor will see him no more. 



So much for the benefit an adult can derive from the 

 animal which was in the near future to become extinct. 



There is nothing under the sun that makes and shapes 

 a child both mentally and physically and teaches it the 

 way it should go like the possession of a pony. And to it 

 add a dog. Riding teaches a child to think clearly, to 

 act quickly and to keep its temper under control. A pony 

 teaches it a love for animals and whether it be used 

 purely for amusement, as a means of going to and from 

 school or for any other purpose, there is nothing can 

 touch it as a means of building up a sane mind and a 

 sound body. For quite a young child, a small Shetland 

 pony is the best playmate it can have. 



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