TROTTING HORSES 243 



a charming pair of trotters, big, upstanding horses, 

 powerful enough to pull a van. 



I almost cried when I saw them sold at Aldridge's, 

 after the death of Mr. Winans. They were parted, and 

 only realised about 100 guineas each. A few days after 

 the sale one of my friends told me that he specially 

 wanted them for the Marathon and would have gone 

 to 500 guineas for the pair. I tried to locate them, but 

 failed. I would have given anything to have brought 

 these two brothers together again. 



The Iceland pony, who is very peculiar in shape and 

 resembles a pig, has done wonderfully well on the race- 

 tracks. Several have paced a mile in 2 mins. 50 

 sees., but most of them are good three-minute ponies, 

 a mile being their distance. They are no good for long 

 journeys, and soon tire unless driven very carefully. 

 They cross well with the trotting stallion, and many 

 fast pacers seen to-day on the tracks are crosses between 

 the trotting stallion and the Iceland pony. Little Bill, 

 the ii-hand Iceland pony, was bought from a drove of 

 Iceland ponies for, I think, £11. The late William 

 Cosburn, a pony-lover, eventually bought him for £12, 

 trained the mite, and won several pony handicaps 

 with him. He changed hands afterwards for 60 guineas. 



Perhaps the greatest trotting pony who ever raced 



