Finding the books: No Place for Ponies is very hard to find, and is therefore pricey. The Pony Fund is much easier to turn up, and is generally reasonably priced.
The Pony Fund
Max Parrish, London, 1966, Cover art Margaret Timney
Jane has outgrown her first pony, Wesh Mountain Frosty, but there’s no money to buy
another one. So, she
decides to make the money herself, and eventually decides to
do this by boarding dogs. This of course brings its
own problems, especially when
Aunt Dorothy’s out of control terrier Rip turns out to be a sheep chaser. Then
officialdom
stops the dog boarding business, but Jane manages to find work as a kennel maid.
After her father
boosts the Pony Fund, they go to choose a pony, but Barleycorn,
whom Jane has been longing for, has gone.
Instead, she chooses Lassie, who is unsafe,
the dealer thinks, and bound for the knacker’s. Lassie turns out to
be a quite spectacular
jumper, and Barleycorn’s new owners try and exchange him for Lassie. Jane will have
none of it.
No Place for Ponies
Max Parrish, London, 1967,
Many thanks to Hannah Fleetwood for the photograph and blurb.
“Jane dreaded having
to spend her holidays with her aunt and uncle in a large town. How awful it was
going
to be separated from herh ponies, having to wear her best clothes all the time,
and Bossy, her corgi, was sure
to be miserable shut in the kitchen. But things don’tturn
out quite so badly. Jane finds poines and makes
friends, she rides and helps to save
a riding school and Bossy even manages to make Jane’s fussy aunt into a
dog-
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