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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1922)
liiteiisiiing S&ries Written By Pnyj Winip I : : : 1 r: TT ' ii . " I 1 It- " i . - - : 1 ui IJlli-Jl'UIlJliVi (Contests How "Rome" Played Doctor LIVE seven miles from town I won a pony in the contest It was the z.Christmas contest My pony's name is "Roine." He is a beautiful dapple chestnut sorrel, with a Drettv mane and tail. He is three years old. ' ' ' v . The day I received word that I had won I . ' -J. ', U "Si I if r. f ' . 1 A it sMmpH to me as thousrh I could not wait until he would arrive. I was sick at the time and could Inot go to see him until he was brought! home. When the doctor heard that I had won a pony he said that was one of the finest things I could have for my condition, to be out of doors all the time, and this was quite interesting o me. The weather was never too cold for me to go and see my pony, but I was not able to handle him at the time. fBut I dad to say .that I am now. well am w . ...... 2 -f' ? ' i 'C a '4 a. r ;,. again, ine aocior says inai has done his share towards maldng me better and a3o the newspaper. When I go toHhe gate and hist'.e, "Roine" wifl conie to me. I drive him to school. "Roine" wiil take me and my three sisters to school in much less time than we used to go. The children think that mine is one of the nicest out- Jits that a scholar could have to go to school with. I was absent from school for more than a year when I wa3 sick. - -r .When I drive my pony out on the road people that meet me think that I have the nicest pony they ever saw. Lots of people have asked me and tried to buy my pony, but I will eay to you,, my dear friends that r ad my story, that I would not sel him for ever so much. J have not been able to teach "Roine' 'very many tricks yet on account of mKsJckiess, but he will do inost anything I want him to do. He likes to' beihltched to the buggy and to give me and my sisters a ride, and is not afraU6f,autos. ! '.' iPiHlir Hnw IGnt Mascnt- I rlWY01l: t Last fall t saw a contest was going to start, so I asKea-my, iainer n i couia enter ana ne toia me i migm 11 i worneu hard to get subscriptions, so I sent in my entry The first thing I did - was to get my teacher to supscriDe. .1' 'VA Sometimes if it was stormy and wet my ; S father would hitch up and help ne get '"( 1 subscribers. him; -it gave me good encouragement When we finaly got word. that' we had womMaacot 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 ' 1; . Next morning we were all over at the train to meet Mascot Th train did not leave until . the trainmen saw him going along the road at hi3 nice little trot 1 One day I took him to! town. They were having a few sports Md as my brother could not come I ook a friend of mine in with me that day. ; There were lots of people came jto the stable to see him,: and they thought , he f rt-was -gustttne tning., jjney . au wisnea they had one just uke 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. ' The Story oi "Sonny'' . A I AM a little wy ten years old, four feet and eleven inches tall. I weigh , 87 pounds and have light hair and blue eyes. But what I want to tell you about is my pony, "Sonny," which the publishing company gave me. . ' "Sonny" 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. I could hear him whinnying but I could not 6ee 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 goto the '. express office. I took him out ;of the crate an dthe people laughed at me and told me he was a little sheep lamb, he was so wooly looking in his winter coat Papa told me to give him some iwater, but he couldn't reach the fountain that ;,the big horses used. I told thehi 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 my uncle told me that he was a dear little play thing. The next time I went to town he lonlreri rt wpil tiv all wnntA tn hnv him. 1 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. I:". One' day I drove rSonny to a picnic and my brother went with me andwhen we got there a lot of people came around arid admired him, We uum wio mum . mu uuu , up ana men . some boys and girls crawled j through in "under him and the boys gave him some1 water and picked grass 1 for the pony, ; Some of the boys and girls said to me that they had more picnic with the pony than xwith anything else. Then a big black cloud came up and 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. -. 1 . ; , MSonny" goes as fastis 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' tarns around short and I fall off and "Sonny" stands and looks at me and laughs because1 it is a good joke. "Sonny" and I run races horseback with the other boys. Almost everytime he and I beat ? n As I don't always like to use by nice buggy, I made a little roller cart and Tcan have lots of fun with it First I took an old vinegar barrel and nailed some celats on bpth ends, then to these I fastened a block :with a bolt which takes the place of an axle. " The shafts and seat fit over this bolt and are held in place by a nut I also had to fasten the seat to the shafts so that'it would riot fall over backwards. Then I made some places on the shaf t3 to put my feet on just like real jockeys have on their racing gigs. When it was all finished I had as fine a roller cart as yop could wish for. Quite often I invite my little boy and girl friends from the farms near my home to come and play with "Sonny" and me, and we have the best times. We all take turns riding on the cart and my little jtriends enjoy it as much. as I do. , : t - " ' ; --, j I am never going to sell "Sonny"'and he" is so good that he makes me fee lhappy all the time. J ( 4 f '1 My Wear est Companion 4 - - 1 5 - i . I fa f & LEONA NEAL Salem Winner of pony "Champion 1 4 2"" 1 ! .i , ! jr J V 'n" w 7 FRANCIS DE HARPORT , 2260 Mifl Street, Salem Winner of pony "Grandee," harness and buggy. ; I.. , size. lJr-l it 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 DISTRD3UTION FEBRUARY 25. WHAT SO MANY OTHERS HAVE DONE YOI? CAN SURELY DO D7 YOU TRY. -Nomination Blank Pony Contest Editor, Statesman Publishing Co., Salem, Oregon. Please register my name as a contestant in The Pony Contest and credit me with 5000 votes. I have read the rules of the contest and agree to same. J , , ijA Contestant's Name!- . va k . .... ...... This blank properly filled out and supplies by return mail. in brings you further information S 1 'I ""."v" i f JIIMI t iV " ."'!"'""tirik f v . . : Jl 1 , ! : "fit " . . : . '- fl ..... .. . - - -rv- - . -. ... . :.? ' . 1 .J- - . "7. (V. J-' '1 ' " A FTRR spending mahy pleasant hours canvassing to .win a pony, one daV T urns trroatlv iiri'iiie? in TtVAivu a titpram that I had won the first prie pony, Trinket, and his handsome outfit .consisting of a beautiful ? carriat. harness, saddle and bridle. r- I could scarcely wait for Trinket to 4 arrive, I was so anxious to see him,' andy I felt certain there must.be some mis take; but at last the day of his arrival dawned, and when I reached the station it was crowded with people waiting for a sight of the little beauty. He was certainly ' beautiful ; his : long, silky mane hung below his shoul- -dersand his tail dragged on jthe ground and his' little carriage, harness, saddle : and bridle were "all so beautiful, '1 thought surely there could not "be' a hapi I pier girl anywhere than I was at that moment ; but at last 1 8 began to realize that ihe : was all my own, and since I havej been the proud possessor Tot yTrinket I have spent many happy day's. In the morning I drive him to ? school with my two small brothers and am never without assistance in unhar nessing him, but in the evening the children all flock around him and he hever escapes without-giving them a drive, yhich he does with great pleasure.- st"-".- "' ; " " ... Then I have my evening drive home, which is so refreshing after being in school all day. At home' he is my best companion, and he is never without children to pet him. When he has rested for a-short thrie after His evening drive, the teaching of trick3 commences. He must practice jumping poles, of course, and shaking hand, and miany other ., , tricks which he seems to enjoy immenselyl This finished, Trinket is ptt away iri his little stall until the next morning, and I go into the house and think of the value and pleasure of a pony. " V- ."I MH.' For what could be more valuable than a pony always in readiness ' either for riding or driving, or what could be a better'pet than a1cind: ' 1 - i--- loving.lgentle little pony, or what could be a dearer coriirianion lor in bov or:crirl? it ! 1 ; ' ' ' oh1 Wy Own "Frisky" TTHp is my chum? you ask. Well, 111 tell you it's "Frisky,t my dear VV . pony the publishing company gave me. I've been so 'happy since" he came to me one bright June day. ' . . ' " "Frisky" is fortyone inches, high and when he came his crate and all only weigheip 325 pounds, so'you see he isn't very large, but now he is picking up and wip soon be nice arid fat The first time papa put the har ness ori him some boys were going by and "they said, "0 look: at the man try ing to harness a colt" "Frisky," how ever, alted like a real -grown-up horse and stepped right into the shafts as thought he liked it Although I have bjid "Frisky" just a month, he can do several tricks. He will put his forefeet ori a box for a su gar lump, and will stqnd .on the pump platfoiln with his hind'feet and put his forefeet on a box and wait, as much as to say, "Cake, please.? 1 Mv crandma lives ?a lone way from us, and I didn't Have ahy way to go over to see her, but now I can drive "Frisky." . . ; :; i ' " ' : I have seen several ponies up in town, but I wouldn't trade MMy Chum" for any of theni 5 , ' ' "Frisky" is so nic and gentle and seemed to love ua children from the. first i am sure he will be helpful as well as making me bappy; toid I am so glad I enteredthe Pony Contest and .won'hteu-'? I wish every little boy and girl could have a pony of his own. 1 4 thank the publishing company very much for "Frisky" and wish'to eay they treated me very fair in every way. . , . v - - ' is . . i " i - ..JT.'.JL Refused Quarter Section of Land for Pony EAR EDITOR: I rim having so much fun with my pony that. I ttnt allfthe boys to know about it The fun began; when I' started td D canvass for subscriptions. At 1 if it first it looked Uke a big jbh;to:feeriouffh votes to win, but really it was easy wori - . ! I 8; i after all, because my friends all tried to help me. "The night before the con test closed I went1 'witbl;. daddy' to 'hand in my last list, and could 'hardly ,wit; f till the next" morning, to find out who ; -won the prizes. .Itiwaifcdayfore;? Christmas early in the , morning' some-, one "called me, and I ran to the Xrorit door,' and there, sure enough; stood a ' boy holding my 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. Soon a man with : a real bugcy. and oh I the finest r ... r : - fjff J set of real harness that ever was made v4gi i came along. We kid3 all had a ride on , . . ij?!R,i the pony's back: then we Dut the bucinr together and took my;? sisters for a drive. I coaxed daddy, to get. in. and hefsaid he looked Uke a giant in a toy wagon driving a mouse. "The snow was too aeep to u$e tne buggy, so we hitched him to a toboggan and 1 my chums and I had heaps of fun, but sometimes one fell of f, "but "MaTi quis" did not wait Now every day I take some bov or irirl fHnri and have, neaps of funr A man of fered nie a quarter section of land for him, but I like him too : well to selL He does lots of tricks, shakes hands : plays tag and romps with us in tlie yard. ' ' - " h . START TODAY ft y i AND WIN t 1 r WORK Mi. ' 4 -" I'Vgt 'V . V