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II G THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1921 - it rr interesting Stories Written by Pony Winners I H t R I X - if I fib-: - :'?' . Ilow"Roine" Played Doctor LIVK fcevcn miles from town. I won a pony in t lit contest. It was the Christmas contest. Mv nouv's name is "Koine " I If is a itt:i ill iful dailIc chestnut sorrel, with a pretty name and tail. He is three years oftJ. The day I received w'ord that I had won a pony it seemed to mo as though I could not wait iintil he would arrive. I was sick at thetime and could not go to we him until he was hrourht home. When the doctor hoard that I had won a pony he said that was one of the finest things I could have for my condition, to he out of doors all the time, and this was ipiile in teresting to inc. The weather was never too cold for me to go and see my pony, hut I was not aide to handle him at tlx time, Hut I am glad lo say I hat I am now well again. The doctor says that "Koine" has done his share towards making me better and also the newspaper. When I go to the gate and whistle, "Roine" will come to me. I drive him to school. "Roine" will take me and my three sisters to nehonl in much less time than we used to ko. The children think that mine in one of the nicest outfit) that a scholar could have to go to school with. I was absent from school for more than a vear when I was SO IK. ! When I drive my .pony out on the road people that meet me think that 1 have the nicest pony they ever saw. Lots of people have asked me and net! to buy wt pon-y, but I will say t oyou, my dear friends' that read my Ktory, that I would not sell him for ever so much. ' I have not hoeu able to teach "Roine" very many tricks yet on account - of my sickness, hut he will do most anything I want him to do. lie likes to be. hitched to the buggy ami to give me and my sisters a ride, and is not afraid -of autos. How I Got Mascot jTKAR EDITOR- Last fall I saw that a contest was going to start, so I asked my father if I could enter and he told me I might if 1 worked hard to pet subscriptions, so I sent in my entry. The first thing I did was to get my ttaeh er to subscribe. Sometimes if it was stormy and wet my father would hitch up and help me get subscribers. I received plenty of letters about him; it gave me good encouragement. When we finally got. word that we had won 'Mascot, .we children thought that some one was deceiving. When he came he could not get to us that night, because the train did not come through at night. Next morning we were all over at the t rain -to., meet. 31asept... The train did not leave until the trainmen saw him going along the road at his nice little trot. One day 1 took him to town. They were hav ing a few sports and as my brother could not come I took a friend of mine in with t me that day. There were lota 'of people came to the stable to see him, and ' they thought he. was just the thing. They all wished that they had one just . like1 him, and 1 told them thr.t if they tried to get one they would. I drive to school nearly, every day. One day last winter there was a little boy came here and he -"cried because, he eould not take him home, but I could not part with Mascot. Yours trjjlv. if r .;?a ' ' ' s y . " - 4 'y - . ft v - J5f ' -J !: ?: -;vx. , 9 r . i ' " nr it mU The Story of "Sonny J 4il a little boy ten years old, four feet and eleven inches t A 87 pounds and have light hair and blue evesc. Hut what 1 you about is my pony, "Sonny,' A ... . tall. I weigh want to tell which the publishing company gave ine. "Sonny" is the finest pony in these parts and he and his outfit are hetter than five hundred dollars to me. I went to the depot to meet my pony the day he eaine. I could hear him whinny ing but I eould not see him. Then I went to the other side of the car and I saw him in a little crate on the express wagon ready to go to the express office. I took him out of the crate and the people laughed at me and told me he was a little tiheep lamb, lie was so woolly looking in his winter ;coat. Papa told me to give him some water, but he couldn't reach the fountain that big horses used. I told them that was all right and I told them that if they were such a little pony that they couldn't reach the. fountain either. And then I brought him home and mv 1 n,t,i U v 'V',U 1 nrougiu mm nome ana my em.t.l lm Ti5ti -it , ' . "ameu mm. l told them no money Could lUV him. is thm smi.lnt o,1 i , i 41 r.nnnH I e vwiok pvuj itiuuuu nere. ue gamel 4j pounds the.fJrst fmir months after I got him. !. 5''l.drove 'So,uiy" to a picnie and my brother went with me and i uihi ol i , ? people camc around, and admired him. We ? Sol'mnS ? h ,gav? h watw nd" picked grass for the J d':.0 0f bo- PrlH said to me that they had more picnic with nrontr'i;:?" h yt.nff el. Then a MgMMk cloud came up and the apa told me 1 but "Sonny" if i II had PwS aml;lhm""ht tuey bad tetter start home. P ' 'mj,? Vt0N or 1' would get my J.uggy rai,ddy, Kept P.vrth th othw teams all the wav back to the fa rcwth'iKr.f f M,h,e f4nwhene B ftcr toe wwn night. We Son wUw'W?r. J- S?-nyLf is ahvays artmml when ,n(lal time comi. "Sonr? a.nVlnf ,,lm'h ,urns around short and 1 fall off and . stands and looks t ,n.i i.,,,!, ...... : , , ana i tuii races lui-it.t.ii.L- i, i . -. It: and 1 beat? . . u.v uiucr uoyn. Almost every time - . .. lways llK(, t( nspi Kno-o-v T i:4i 11 a niui: tuner inn 11 It. , thei lo. rr &n DPliI in I 'i ' . .... .v x. iiairr iix'.n . I i . i , . : , t im 11 ail to tanteu ttio hpoI f, H. wiff, ---- - - ' ' .ta ium J i 1 , nne io uso find I u . 1 I nA ". '"V1 lols of r Vdh it. First I took and obi v;-. . wmf f pats nt. 1 . ' . v ....,.,,..1 ..a.m aim 1 iii cutis, xnen - 01 an ax e. Th Kt, aft. , nailcl scVme cleats on i " u " V rrsi.1 foo.K ai,d vmepar I .which takes tul i." u,l2 10 inesc 1 fastened a block with a bolt arc held in . rlaee bv . n i i,it ; i i z. . - , i . iuum not inn over haekw.1. shafts to put my feet n kt i: T , 1 nen 1 i. V : u Just "kc real jockevs have l VaV 1 f-in,sh0d 1 hatl as ' roUer c-art as .often I.nmte uxylittle boy ami ..in 1. Then I made some places on the on their racing gigs. 'When 1 . . .... t i.v-i4. n mil lUI, UUC rr to come and plar with 4Sonnv- -V V , ne Iarms Mcar m no,ne - 1 - oonny aud me. and wa hgV : y an take turns riding on'the cart md i ,r7 V . ' 181 e ft . 4 1 Am'wiWiroirt" to Lir eJ"r,1,U enW as mch as I do. T i tf;"-"!.,fr..gol..s to 8el1. b,nny ad he is so rood that he mnb. m In Former Contests A The Chief Value of a Pony to a Child By S. B. ELLIOT, M.D. CHILD lias in a pony a never-ceasing source of pleasure and good health. The benefit it derives from the extra amount hf outdoor air and excr- jsc it obtains is difficult to overestimate. In riding and driving the pony the child ai'tpi'iics self-reliance and courage, quickness of individual action and a si'iisc of judgment. To become a good horseman he must have com mand of his own temper and acquire perfect self-control. The exhilarating cxi'ii isc of horseback riding brings into play every muscle of the body. It is vastly superior to the mechanical exercise to be obtained from a gymnasium. There is, in fact, nothing to compare to it. It is the one perfect exercise. There is another side, however, to the value of a pony to a child and one which I beiieve is not yet fully understood. About the horse there. is a mag netism, a strong physical presence, that is imparted to one coming intimately in contact with him,' as, fir instance, in riding. Of this 1 have no question. I have never seen it expressed in writing, but in talking with .other medical men who are horsemen, I have found the same views held. "We are naturally influenced by the bodies with which we come in contact. What more powerful or magnetic Irody could there be than that of a horse, and who more susceptible to it than a ohiM, and especially a delicate one? Stable men and those having much to do with horses are known for their healthfulnes. and their seeming immunity from many disorderB. As Is welt known, the horse Is immune io many diseases to which mankind is not. It isfrom the horse that is derived anti-toxin, the remedy that has reduced to almost nothing the mortality of thai once very fatal and dreaded dUease, dipease, diphtheria. The hors, more over, is practically Immune to infenlinal diseases, such as typhoid, cholera and dysen tery, and to many other diseases such as scarlet fever, small pox, measles, etc. Tho theory of disease generally held today is that of bacterial origin, but the presence of bacteria is, a3 a rule, not sufficient to set ap disease. There must be a favorable condition of the noil, bo to speak, a lowered vitality or debility, a lack of vital force, or animal magnetism, before the system succumbs to the onset of the bacteria of any particular disease. I believe that the horse being immune to practically all these diseases, and being full to the bubbling-over point of vital force, animal spirit or magnetism, imparts more or less of (his to his rider and companion, and more par ticularly to little ones that are uot in robust health. I have seen this in my own children, and many parents of children who have obtained ponies from my herd have told me or written to me of the same thing. Delicate children have repeatedly been known to obtain rugged health and develop rapidly when given a pony. I am fully aware that a child who has a pony is happier and will take more exercise in the open air, but that is only part of itv There :s abundance of evidence for stag ing that great benefit is to be derived from the .horse by anyone comins much in contact with him. AM records of man, all those particularly of chivalry, of heroic and noble deeds, are associate?! with the horse. He has played a part in the development of the finest specimens of mankind all through the ages down to the present time. Motor ve hicles have come to stay, but the horse will remain, as he always has been, the noblest and most beneficial companion of man. Horses may he usd less in light har ness, but this will not he the case with saddle horses and ponies. The very fact of Irirge horFf - i Kcing kept will make a ppny of great use about a place whether or riw. an automobile. i,s. maintained. Autosjb, are.npt for children, but a pony will de velop a child's sense of weight and momentum and through having a pony a child will learn how to drive and become much better fitted to manage an automobile later than would have been the case without the pony. The demand for saddle horses and ponies is becoming greater every year. Horse back riding is par excellence the finest exercise and amusement in existnee. Many would ride, but they take it up too late in life. To. ride really well it should be taken up at an early age. There Is no period in life at whtch to learn to ride to compare at all with that of childhood, and early childhood at that. A child from the age of four to five upwards learns to ride almost as naturally and as easily as it does to play, to climb, to run and jump. At this age they develop a natural af fection for the hoi se and gain a knowledge and control over horse nature that they rarely will in after life. A little child who has a pony of its own develops a sense of ownership and control and learns to govern other natures, and this child I be lieve, will develop into a finer, more robust and more able man or woman than would have been possible without the pony. Over 100 Children in the west have already been awarded ponies by the pony contest edi tor. Next distribution June 25th. What so marjty others have already done you can sure ly do if you try. , My Pony "DUKE" pvEAR PONY MAX We have taken our first ride behind "Ditke" and cannot find words to express our pride, and thanks to you for so beau tiful an outfit, lie is the exeiteinentof the wlude town and people are constantly coining to see if it is really! true and all go away most agreeably f&rprised. Each day we all love "Duke" more and more, and are having many pleasant rides, in fact we are very much acquainted with each other. Wishing a long life and prosperity to your nice magazine and with many thanks for your .kind and generous treatment, 1 am, as ever . "General Shafter" Visits the Barber Shop pOXY CONTEST EDITOR: Dear Editor I have not been able to have a good photo taken, as we have no photographer. I hope it will do. I have the pony in good condition and very often drive him. He is very playful and frisky, but very quiet. I would not part with him for airy thing. I often take other children out, too, and Ihey all love "Shafter," and we, all think lie is a treat. The buggy is new and a very strong rig. I took "Shafter" the fair and got wto prizes with him, one on the line and one for driving. He is very comical and sometimes I take him to the barber shop, and he fol lows ine right into the house. My father bought my little brother another pony, and we drive them together and they make a great team. ILnping this will be in time, for I have boon away on the other farm seeding. 'Yours truly, Fred Scott. Prize Guaranteed Every 'Active Candidate npHE STATESMAN does not ask the carriers and agents to canvass for A subscriptions and then take a chance o npretting a reward, for their efforts. In the pony contest The Statesman agrees to pay every active can didate who participates in the contest and does not win a prize a commission 01 iu percent on an carrier and iu percent on all mail pony contest collections vaimiuates in i ne laiseman contest are not entering a game of cbance for on otini- ciuiuiuau-s wm jc rewarded. START TODAY WORK AND WIN My Dearest Companion AFTER spending many pleasant hours canvassing to win a pony, one day I was greatly surprised to receive a telegram that 1 had won the first prize pony Trinket, and his handsome outfit, consisting of a beautiful carriage Harness, satuiie aim nruue. I could scarry wait for Trinket to arrive, 1 was so anxious to see him, and . I felt certain there must be some mistakej but at laat the day of his arrival dawned! aud when 1 reached the station it wag crowded rith people waiting for a sight of. the little beatity. He was oert airily beautiful; hU long, ilky mane himg helow his shoulders, and-' his tail drftgged: on the ground, and his: little carriage, hiimess, saddle and bridle): frere all sr! beautiful, I thought surely! rJiere could not i be a happier girl any. where than I was at that moment; but -trKlast I legan to realize that he was all ( i : . i .. . " my own, ami since i nave oeen the proud -possessor of Trinket J have spent many ' hannv davs. In the morning I drive him. to sebooLwith my two small brother, and ? am never wiinoui assistance Hi unharnessing Jnm, but in the evening the children all flock around him and he nerer eea pes without giving therri a ' drive, which be does with great pleasure. j i- . . . -vf Then have my evening drive home, which' is Ko refreshing afte'r being in school all day. At home he is my lest companion, and he is nerer without children to pet him. When he has rested for a! short time after his evening drive, llio teaching of tricks commences. He must practice jumping poles of course, and shaking hand, and many other trieks whfch he seems to enjoy immensely. This finished. Trinket is put away in his little Stall until the next : morning, and I go into the house and think of ! the yaluc and pleasure of a i Iny. ji ! j .-; : For what could be more valuable than a poiiy always in readiness either " for riding or driving, or what could .a better pet than a kind, loving' gentle little pony, or what could be a dearer companion foranv bov r rirl MyOwn"Frisky" ,yylir IS my chum? you ask. ' Well, I'll tell you it ' - pony the publishing company gave me. ! I've lie came to me one bright June day.- ! .' a : yJti ' 'i i '- :.: ' . , - i . s "t risky, " -my -dear eu so happy since he , v U Y ' ' 'i ' ' ?' '. : - ?ui "Frisky"is forty-one inches, high and when he came his crate and all only weighed .T2r pounds, so you see he isn't very large, but now he is picking up and will soon be nice aiid fat. E The first time papa put the, harness on l irn some bays were going, by and they taid, 40 look at the man trying to har ness a colt." "Frisky-' however; acted (ike a real growniup horse and "stepped ; right into the shafts as though he liked it. . 'j; : Although I liave had "Frisky" just a month, he caji do several tricks. He will put his forefeet on a box for a sugar lump, and will staioid on the pump plat form with his hind feet and put his forefeet on a box and wait, as much as io say, -uake, please." My grandma lives a long way from us, and I'didn't have iny way to go over to see her, but now I can drive "Frisky.fi' 1 have seen several ponies up in town, hut I would'nt trade "My Chum" ' for any of them. t'Frisky" is so nice aud gentle and seemed to gve ns children from the first. 1 am sure he will be helpful as well as baking me happy, and I am so glad I entered the Ponv Contest and won him " iUn ! Trh. VPr' l'y 8,11 giH cn,,W have 1"" own- I thank Ihe publishing company very much for "Frilly" and wish to say they treated me very fair m every way, f . Ref used Quarter Section of Land for Pony JEAR EDITOR I am having so much fun with my pony that I want all the boys to know about 'it. The fun bean wbrn T ctnw.f AlnvXi for subscription At first it looked like a big job. to get enough votes to wm, nut reauy it was easy work after all, Ibecause my friends all tried to help me. The night before the contest closed I vent with daddy toi hand in mv Inst list. p - - T?T .f 1 J on1 cmid hatdly wait till the next , o ! hiiw ii uiu j;iica.. It was the day before. Christmas early in the morning someone called me, and I ran to the front door, and there, sure gnough, stood a boy holding my pony, "Marquis," the cutest, dearest pony in' the world. My little sisters daneed and elapped their hands, when they saw him, nd I daneed jiome too. It only took me jiffy to dress and! thank the boy who brought him, and Med him to the stable and gave him; a breakfast of oats and hay. Soon"! a man wit t-nl hntrirv. i . . " 1 v vru i ine juKt Hci oi real n a mesa insi ever was made came along. We kids all had a ride on the ponv ?hae " then we put the buggj. together and took my sisters for1 a drlVe 1 "coaxed daddy and mv chum, an 1 TPi ? th o we 'd him to toboggan f, is" did not f m Vm! bt sometimes one fell off, but "Mar, iie beans of 1) A fF d?y 1 take y o girl friend out and urs Ui iuu. j man ottered me a rniartcr rZl ust VhV vLTlP h ani ( Many Said I Could Not Win )EAIt SIR "Jack Frost" and his cart and harness landed safe. A great crowd surrounded the station when the handsome little fellow arrived and cheered wildly. It was like the reception of some great public man and I hank you for being so prompt. I did not expect the pony and outfit to come by express, all charges prepaid. "Jack" is a fine pony, and his eart and harness are as good as you said. Many people told me during the contest llu.inwdMno? VJH :'a. Iouy and 0,at thcy woul(1 b friends and S tbt t i i V IS !,0t ' and 1 want i0Sut on record a T JI a 1,0nntv5Sts ate 0n lhe stluarc an that very candidate will "Jack Frost ''IT? t X;-"-.'.Tyj."" ior tairness ana the nandsoiae '-." 'i: , X.r ! XT I 0 .f