" "Once, you know, there was a fight between a little pony and a lion, and the lion sprang against the pony and the pony put his back against a stack and bited towards the lion, and the lion rolled over and the pony jumped up, and he ran up ... and the pony turned round and the lion ..." His mother felt she had lost the thread.

They encountered one or two Indians on the way, jogging slowly along on their shaggy ponies; but the creatures were mild and inoffensive.

"And what's more, he don't ever get tired of dandy-floppin' himself all up like King Solomon's pet pony.

The high-topped chaise and old gray pony Stood waiting in the lane: Idly my father swayed the whip-lash, Lightly he held the rein.

The animal was a rough looking little pony, that bore evidence of being both tough and fleet.

We started from the door at a very satisfactory pace, probably because Bucephalus, the fat pony, objected to the enthusiasm of our send-off.

I also made a race for my pony Powder Face, against a fast pony belonging to Captain Lute North.

"Catch me ever going amongst 'em again,an overbearing lot of city folks," he was saying to himself, when, patter, patter, patter, round the turn of the road came the stout little pony, and before the boy could make a movement to get away, Elsie Lloyd had jumped from the wagon, and stood in front of him.

The native pony pushes the snow aside with its forefoot and finds its feed.

Even as it is, their condition can't be half as bad as we imagined; the runaway pony wasn't much done even after the extra trip.

It was half glimpse, half conjecture,the tough little ponies trotting stubbornly, a rider who leaned across laughing, and a woman who gayly cried at him: "You really do understand me, don't you?"

Something white raised itself up out of the brownest pony's crib, and there was the gander close up beside the open mouth of his friend.

A picture is given of this representative of a rapidly decaying race, and of the favorite pony upon which he has ridden thousands of miles, and which in its early years possessed powers of endurance far beyond what any one who has resided in countries removed from Indian settlements can have any idea or conception of. CHAPTER VII.

No imagery in that!" "He is a slow, reliable pony," put in Mary, "without the Q." "Pretty Damn, without the Quick!

I reached Calauan in the pouring rain, wading through the soft spongy clay upon wretched, half-starved ponies, and found I must put off my water journey to Manila till the following day, as there was no boat on the lake at this point.

The western pony.

The first race was between one of our best runners and a sleepy little spotted pony, and when the hat was dropped the pony made a few jumps and was off like a rabbit, and our horse couldn't see him for the dust, and our horse was distanced.

He had the handsomest pony which could be bought, and on this was taught to ride, first at a riding-school, then in state to Regent's Park, and then to Hyde Park with Martin the coachman behind him.

Proudly mounted, she curbs with the single rawhide loop a wild-eyed pony.

Mounted on a spirited Indian pony, the mail carrier would set out from St. Joseph and gallop at breakneck speed to the first relay station, swing himself from his pony, vault into the saddle of another standing ready, and dash on toward the next station.

Beside it were two light carts, and near by two or three lean ponies cropped the grass.

Had I known him as well then as I did afterwards I would have backed him for every dollar I had, for he proved to be one of the swiftest ponies I ever saw, and had evidently been kept as a racer.

"They're right gentle ponies," he added.

The weaker ponies drop a bit but not far, so that they are soon up in line again when the first halt is made.

With a soft thudding upon the sand, and a clatter among the stones the weary pony was off upon her journey once more.