Zong, a Hill Pony
Country Life, 1934, illus K F Barker
Many thanks to Amanda Dolby for the picture.
Phari, the Adventures of a Tibetan Pony
Country Life, 1933, illus K F Barker
Many thanks to Amanda Dolby for the picture.
Phari is “the highest village in the world”, and it is where Phari the pony lives.
He
is a Bhutia (Bhutan) pony, and he and his mother are bought by Ta-
He turns out
to be extremely fast, but he will not be parted from Thunder
the mule, and Mr Martin,
who buys him, has to buy Thunder too. Mr Martin’s
daughter, Mary, falls for Phari,
and Phari becomes an excellent polo pony.
He is then stolen by Mirzah Khan’s men,
and is sold to the British Army to
fight on the frontier. He does bravely and well,
and eventually finds his
way back to Mary.
Bibliography -
The Great Carlos
Country Life, 1945, illus H Radcliffe Wilson, 160 pp.
Reprinted 1947
Carlos is an Indian boy who has run away from whom and who survives on his wits.
He discovers that he has
a remarkable way with animals, and trains a pony and four
dogs to perform all sorts of tricks. This attracts
the attention an English planter,
who enables Carols to come to England and achieve his great ambition of
appearing
in a circus.
Also:
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Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1940, illus H Radclyffe Wilson
This is the story of a Tibetan boy and his dog.