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or limb is almost unknown. For generations ponies 
have been accustomed to pick their way up and down 
stony precipitous hillsides. Their feet and legs conse- 
quently are of the very best, and they are remarkably 
sure-footed. 
History of horses in warfare is replete with accounts 
of the endurance of ponies and their ability to thrive on 
poor and scanty food. Sir Walter Gilbey, in ‘‘ Ponies, 
Past and Present,” gives an interesting account. Sir 
Teddy, a twelve-hand pony, raced with the London mail 
coach to Exeter, a distance of 172 miles. He was led 
between two horses all the way, and carried no rider, 
performing the journey in 23 hours and 20 minutes, beat- 
ing the coach by 59 minutes. J. C. Appleby, in his book, 
“Nimrod,” mentions the fact that during the drawing of 
the Irish lottery the news was conveyed by express from 
Holyhead to London, chiefly by ponies, at the rate of 
nearly twenty miles an hour. Mr. Whyte, in his ‘“ His- 
tory of the British Turf,” gives an account of a thirteen- 
hand three-inch mare belonging to Mr. Daniel Crocker, 
that in April, 1754, traveled 300 miles on Newmarket 
Heath in 64 hours and 20 minutes, which was 7 hours and 
40 minutes better than the time for which she had been 
backed to perform the journey; namely, 72 hours. On 
one of the days, Tuesday, April 23, she went 108 miles; 
the day before and the day after she covered 96 miles, 
each day. She was ridden by a boy who weighed 65 
pounds, and this did not include saddle and bridle. In 
our own country there are many accounts of endurance 
of western ponies. 
Nor is it only in endurance that the pony excels. His 
greater stamina is also evidenced in his length of life. 
The following instances in which ponies have attained 
