THE PRINCE'S PONY 291 



Irish terrier, is on instantly friendly terms with the 

 latest guest, and will walk with him any distance. 

 It has already been mentioned that the birds find 

 perfect sanctuary in the gardens at Park House. 

 The fruit suffers in consequence, but the mandate 

 stands that not a feathered pilferer is to be disturbed. 

 Although His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales 

 is no longer a patron of the stable, charming 

 evidences of his friendly relations with John Porter 

 still exist at Park House. ' The little animal he is 

 bestriding,' wrote a special interviewer, ' is no 

 ordinary pony. On his back the sons and daughters 

 of the future King took lessons in equitation. 

 " Then, when they had got too big for the pony," 

 says J. P., "the Prince sent him down here to find 

 a good home." And when I look at his sleek sides 

 it is evident the good home has been found.' The 

 explorer who makes a thorough inspection of the 

 farmstead part of the premises, after doing ' stable,' 

 lingering in the museum, a spacious apartment 

 embellished with owners' ' colours ' in glass cases, 

 pictures of famous horses, and shields of winners' 

 plates, gilt, and each accompanied with a gilded 

 inscription showing how much the winner won, 

 will dwell with delight, especially if he knows the 

 points of the breed, on a group of Jerseys, one of 

 which Porter purchased out of Prince Christian's 

 well-known herd. 



A list of a year's guests at Park House, as a 

 remarkable volume of autographs which is kept 

 there shows, possesses peculiar and extensive in- 



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