MIDGET RACEHORSE RIDES IN A TAXI-CAB

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 265, 8 November 1937, Page 9

MIDGET RACEHORSE RIDES IN A TAXI-CAB

London’s steady tides of pedestrians were petrified with astonishment when they saw a taxi halt before the t Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line , building and a horse alight and walk t into the lift, unperturbed by the up- . ward ride. That tiny midget was r “Wee Jimmy.” The world’s smallest ‘ racehorse practically booked his own passage to Australia. The little pet J is a perfect model of his big brothers ' racing on the turf in Buenos Aires, j Perhaps Nature meant this infinitesimal animal for some Lilliputian world, there to provide amusement for Lilliput babies. If you were to " see it you wonder how two perfectly ordinary thoroughbred parents couln breed so minute a horse; it is nothing less than* marvellous. His father and mother are ordinary-sized racehorses, 15i hands and 16 hands, respectively, and yet they bred such a perfect pocket edition of the beautiful racehorse. It belongs to Mr Dave T. Meekin, Continental showman. Mr Meekin had had an offer of £l5OO for his pet. but would not part with it for any consideration; it - is a thoroughbred and stands 23iin. high and weighing only 361 b. “Wee Jimmy’s” feet are shod with solid gold shoes, and he is insured for £2OOO. Huge crowds will avail themselves of the opportunity of seeing “Wee Jimmy” at the Wanganui Show.