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THE DIFFERENT BREEDS. 



They will carry a full-grown man, but the trouble is to find 

 a good place for the rider's feet. But they are just adapted 

 to the boy and girl. 



A child will get more fun, physical development, and 

 ruddy health to the square inch with a pony, than in any 

 other way. The child who has a pony should be taught to 

 care for it. In this way the little boy or girl can take in 

 horse sense, and this knowledge of how to do things will be 



A, FRIEND OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS. 



of great benefit to them. The pony will think more of them 

 and they will think more of the pony. There is now a great 

 demand for ponies, and there will be more as people find out 

 how much good it is for the children to own them. 



The picture represents Sparkle, a beautiful specimen owned 

 by J. Murray Hoag, of Maquoketa, Iowa, who imports large 

 numbers of them. 



