FAMOUS PONY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 26 June 1926, Page 2

FAMOUS PONY

HONOURED AT A WAKE Cannon Ball, a pony famous as racer and sire, and probably the last of the pure-bred Connemara strain, has died in its 28t.h year at the residence of its owner, Mr 'O'Toole, of Ileum, Connemara, Ireland. It is proudly recalled by local folk that Cannon Ball "swept all before him'at pony shows, and was never beaten in a race, despite lop weights aim all attempts to 'nobble' him." Extraordinary scenes followed the news of Cannon Ball's death becoming known to the countryside. Large numbers of peasantry assembled at the residence'of Mr O'Toole. It was decided to give Cannon Ball the honours of a wake. The body was laid out in canfas on an improvised bier, and "lashings" of whisky and porter went round, while the merits of the dead animal were discussed in the orthodox way according to the ritual of wakes. Soon after midnight all that remained of Cannon Ball was carried on a large stable door by 10 peasants to a grave lined with hay. During the interment a local bard .read, by the flickering light of a candle, verses eulogising the dead sire's achievements.

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