" A PIXIE STEED ? "
"Early in the morning I arrived at theHawke's Bay Show: First I went to the amusement park, and had a ride on the merry-go-round and train,' and saw 'Wee Jimmy,' the tiniest racehorse in the .world. He is 23| inches high, and weighs 36 pounds, and comes from Buenos Aires, South America. He is carried on the railway1 at a dog's rate. In order to satisfy his dainty appetite, he is fed daily with J cup of bran, I cup of oats, 2 cups of chaff, and 2 apples. Jimmy is shod with 9ct gold shoes.- His mother is fifteen and a half hands high, and his father is sixteen hands high,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 106, 31 October 1936, Page 20
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115" A PIXIE STEED ? " Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 106, 31 October 1936, Page 20
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