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t :LIVE seven miles from town I won a pony in the contest; It was the
' X. Christmas contest My pony's name is "Rome." He is a neauuiui
dapple chestnut sorrel,with a pretty manena tan. tie um-
The day l receiveu wura ui x uu wv
nnnv it seemed to me as though I
( could not wait until he would arrive.
1 was sick at the time and could not go
tn.RM him until he was brought! home.
) When the doctor, heard that I had won
a pony he, said tnai was one oi me iuiesi
f things I could .have for my condition,
to be out of doors all- the j time,
and" this was Quite, interesting to me.
''The weather was never too cold for me
1 W go- and see my pony, but I was not
-able to handle him at the time. But I
am glad to say that I ait? now well
again, me aocior says ; ui f-m
has done his share towards! making me.
hpftpr and also the newspaper, i
When I go to the gate jand whistle,
"Roine" will come to me. (I drive him
. to'sehool. -"Roine" wiil take tie and
' my three sisters to school in mueh less
time than we used to go. The children
. " , , . think that mine is oneof,the nicest out
fits that a scholar could havef to go to school with. I was absent from
school for-more than a year when I wa3 sick. 1 J
r When I drive my pony out on the road people that meet me think that
I- have the nicest pony they ever saw. Lota of people have asked me and
tried to buy my pony, but I will say to you, my dear friend that read my
'story, that I would not sell him for ever so much. J .
- I have not been able tof teach "Koine" very many tricks yet on account
of my sickness, but he will do most anything I want him to do. He likes
to be hitched to the buggy and to givejne and my sisters a ride, and is not
afraid of autos. 'i
t , : How l Got Mascot
D' EAK EDITOR: Last fall I saw a contest was going to start, so I
. asked my father if I could enter and he told me I might if I jworked
hard to get subscriptions, so I sent in my entry The first thing I did
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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 weHnaly got word that we had
won Mascot, we children thought that
someone was deceiving. When he came
he could not get to us that night, be
cause the train did not come through at
night s
Next morning we were all over at
the' train .to meet Mascot The train
did not leave. until the trainmen saw
him i. going. Along the road at hi3 nice
little trot : One day ! took him to town.
They- were having a few sports' and as
my. brother could not come I i took a
friend of, mine in with me tliat day.
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i . " :-f - - - : I 'stable to see-him, and they thouglrt he
f was .just the thing, rney au; wisnea
they had one just like him, and I told them that 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 could not take
him home, but I could not part with Mascot Yours truly. j
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The Story of "Sonny"
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I 'AM a little boy ten years old, four feet and eleven inches tall. 1 1 weigh
87 pounds and have light hair and blue eyes. But what I wait to tell
you about is my pony, "Sonny," which the publishing company gave me.
- r. , . VSonnv" is the finest pony in these
'parts and he and his outfit are better
than five hundred dolars to me.
I went to the depot to- meet my
pony the day he came. 1 1 could hear
him whinnying but I could not ee 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 an dthe people laughed at me and
told me he was a little ;sheep Iamb, he
was so wooly looking in his winter coat
Papa told me to 'give him some water,
bntJie. couldn't reach the fountain that
the Dig horses used. I told them that
i 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 my uncle
told me that he was a dear little play
thing. The next time. I went to town
- he looked so. well they all wanted to buy
him. I told them no money could buy him. He is the smallest and cutest
,pony around here.;' He gained 45 pounds the first 4 months after I got him.
' One day I drove "Sonny to a picnic and my brother went with me
and when we got there a lot of people came around and admired him. We
unhitche dhim and tied him up and, then some boys and girls crawled
through in under him and the boysave him some water and picked grass
for the pony. Some of the boys and girls said to me that they had more
picnic with the pony than with anything else. Then a big black cloud
came upland the? people got excited and thought they had better start
home. Papa told me I had better start soon, too, or I would get my buggy
muddy; but "Sonny kept up with the other teams all the way back to
the farm. . . . - ,.
i "Sonny?, goes as fast as he. can when we go after the cows! at night
,We are such good little friends and he never runs away or kicks! me. He
is always around the house or barn. "Sonny" is always around when meal
time comes, Sometimes when I am riding him he turns around short and
I fall off and "Sonny" stands and looks at me and laughs because it is a
' good joke. "Sonny" and I run races horseback with the other boys. Almost
everytime he and beat . . . j .
. As I don't always like to use by. nice buggy, I made a little roller cart
and I can have lots of fun with it First I took an old vinegar barrel and
nailed some celata onboth ends, then to these I .fastened ia block with a
bolt which takes the place of an axle. The shafts and seat fit lover this
bolt and areiield in place by a nut I also had to fasten the seat to the
shafts so that it would not fall over backwards. Then I made some places
on the shafts to put my feet on just like real jockeys have on their racing
.jigs. ..When it was all. f hushed 1 had as fine a roller cart as you could
SuS11!? fHn lkinvite W little boy and girl friends from the
t5?5Sy biTe u 5Te and Plav wit "Sonny" and me, ana we have
enjoy U hal ridingon the;cart and my litt?e friends
-.i i am never going to sell
fee lhappy all the time.
'Sonny" and he is so good that ne makes; mc
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LEONA NEAL
Salem
Winner of pony "Champion
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FRANCIS DE HARPORT
2260 MillStreet Salem
Winner of pony "Grandee,"
harness and buggy.
ROZELLA LUPER
Woodburn; Oregon .
Winner of pony, "Madam
Trixy," harness and cart.
OVER 100 CHILDREN IN THE WEST HAVE ALREADY BEEN
AWARDED PONIES BY THE PONY CONTEST EDITOR NEXT
DISTRIBUTION FEBRUARY 25. WHAT SO MANY OTHERS
HAVE DONE YOU CAN SURELY DO IF YOU TRY.
Nomination Blank
Pony Contest Editor, Statesman Publishing Co, '
Salem. Oregon. '
Please register my name a? a contestant in The Pony Contest and
credit me with 5000 votes. I have read the rules of the contest and
'agree to same.
Contestant's Name ...... Lj
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This blank properly, filled
and supplies by return, mail
out brings you further information
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My Dearest Companion "
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AFTER spending majiy pleasant hours canvassing to win a pony,1 one
day I was greatly surprised to receive a telegram that I bad won the
first prie pony, Trinket, and his handsome outfit, consisting of a beautiful
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carnage, narness, sauaie ana Dnaie. ,
. I could scarcely wait for Trinket to
arrive, I was so anxious to see him; and'
I felt certain there must be some mis-
ktake; but at last the day of his arrival
.dawned, and when I reached the station
it was crowded with people waiting tor
a sight of the little beauty. ' 1 -He
was certainly beautiful ; his
Mong, silky mane hung below his shoul
ders, and his tail dragged on the ground -and
his little carriage; harness, saddle
and bridle were all so beautiful, 1
thought surely there could not be a hap
pier girl anywhere than I was at that
moment; but at last I began to realize
that he was all my own; and since"!
. have ; been the proud possessor of
Trinket I have, spent many happy days.'
In the morning I drive ; him to
school -with my two small brothers,' and
am never without assistance- in unhazv-
nessing him, but in the evening the children all' flock around him and he"
never jescapes withouf giving them a drive, yhich he does4 wittv gxeat
pleasure.; i ...
Teri I have my Sevening drive home which is so refreshing after
being m school all dajr. At home he is my best companion, and , he is
never yithout children to pet him. When he has rested for a short time
after his evening drive, 4 the teaching of tricks commences. He must
practice jumping poles, of course, and shaking hand arid many Other,
tricks which 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 4
think cf the value andfpleasure of a pony. . j . v V -IV-
Eor what could be more valuable than a pony always in readiness
either for riding or driving, or what could-be a better pet than a kind'
loving,; gentle little pony, or what could be a dearer companion for any
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My Own "Frisky"
AXTHV is my chum?;you ask. Well; I'll tell you It's "Frisky," my dear
w pony the publishing company gave me. I've been so4 happy since
he came to me one bright June day. .. . "
"Ffiskx" is forty-one inches' high
and wpen he came hisfcrate and all only
weighed 325 pounds, s you see he ish't
very large, but now he is picking up
and will soon be nice and fat.
The first time papa put the har
ness on him some boVs were going by'
and they said, "O lopjc at the, rnan.try-,.
ing toj harness' a coltf . "Frisky," how
ever, acted like a real groTi-up horse
and' stepped right into the shafts as
though he liked it. f
Although I have jiad "Frisky" just
a month, he can do several tricks. He
will put his forefeet n a box for a su-.
gar hipp, and wiir stand on the pump
platform with his hind feet and put his1
forefeet on a box andf wait, s much as
to say, "Cake, please."
My grandma lives a long way from
us, arid I didn't haveiany way to go over to see her but now I can drive
"Frisky." I . . . -s .
. I! have seen several poriies up in town, bu I wouldn't trade "My
Chum' for any of them. " r ! . .
'Trisky" is so nice and gentle and seemed to love us children from
the first. I am sUre he will be helpful as well as making me happy, and
I am so glad I entered the Pony Contest and won him.
I wish every little boy and, girl could have a pony of his own. I
thank the publishing! company very much for "Frisky" and wish to' say
they treated me veryf fair in every way.
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.Refused Quarter Section of Land for Pony
DEAR. EDITOR: I am having so much fun with my pony that I want :!
all the boys to. know about it. The fun began when I started to
canvass for subscriptions. At first it looked -like a big job to get enough
vuwrs w wm uufc reauy it was easy worK
after all, because my friends all tried
to help me. The night before the con
test closed I went with daddy to hand
in my last list, and could.hardly wait
till the next, morning to find out who4
won the prizes. It wis the day before
Christmas early in the morning some
one called me, and I ran! to the front
door, and there, sure enough, stood a
boy holding ray pony, the cutest, dear
est pony in the world. My little sisters
danced and clapped their hands when
they saw him, and I danced some too.
It only took me a jiffy to dress and
thank the boy who brought him, and
I led him to the stable and: gave him a
breakfast of oats and hay. Sbbn a man
with a real buggy, and oh! the finest .
set of real harness that ever was made' X
came along. We kid3 all had a ride on" ;
x . f . . . w.c 9 uttcn, men we nut tne rawv
togeer ana iook my sisters for a drive. I coaxed daddy to get TnfH
xvV fc'ont in iuy wagon anvmg a mouse. The
h!m Aman fed me a luarter sekkm ofiiand fyl
him, but I like him too well to selL He does lots of tricks ptrEaTwiw
PM tagand romps; with us in the yard. Q tncks, shakes hands,
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