vl ' Preface 



particular, but few will dispute that, given 

 a handsome pony, either for saddle or 

 harness purposes, provided the animal be 

 well groomed, thai the inanimate objects 

 referred to, stand, and will ever stand, a 

 long way in the rear. 



The Author has known those who pos- 

 sessed motor car and cycle, yet he has 

 heard such express themselves in language 

 thus \^Ah ! ifs nothing you know like 

 driving a high- stepping, well-mamiered 

 pony. 



Frank Town end Barton. 



