Four Rode Home (Illustrated by Maurice Tulloch: Dent 1951)
Reprinted in the Dent Pennant
series, 1964
Reprinted in paperback by Knight in 1969
Thank you to Susan Bourgeau for the Knight picture
Four friends decide to ride from
the New Forest back home to Kent.
They lose themselves, and their ponies, one of whom
gets swapped
on the way, but they make it home in the end.
The Great Horses
Illustrated by Lionel Edwards: Dent 1946, 224 pp.
Colour frontis; 15 full page b/w illustrations, numerous text illustrations.
This is the story of a line of Great Horses, starting with a Norman War Horse, and
moving on through a
Great Horse fighting as cavalry, and eventually to Major, a foal
born on a Sussex farm, who works hauling
timber in the woods.
Trouble At Trimbles
Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam: Country Life 1949
First edition: many thanks to Alison Rushby for the picture.
Mr Brinton works at an office five days a week, and so he and his children,
Peter
and Tilly, only visit their farm at weekends. This means that the foreman who
runs
the farm has full scope to get up to no good, and it takes a long while before
Peter
and Tilly manage to expose what has been going on. Not a lot of pony action
(there
is a Suffolk Punch) but a good, exciting family story.
Rivals To Silver Eagle
Illustrations by Eve Gosset: A & C Black 1954, 197 pp.
This is the third, and last of the Silver Eagle stories. Josephine has married Colin,
and a new riding school
has opened up at Childon Corner. Doctor decides the way to
see off this threat is to train other people’s
horses to point-
Mr Osgood, who has been suspended from showing. Osgood is determined to see off
the challenge from
the Silver Eagle girls by fair means or foul.
No Place For Ponies (USA: The Mystery Pony)
Illustrated by Maurice Tulloch: Dent 1954,
USA Criterion, 1957
Reprinted in the Dent Pennant series, 1963
Summary: the Dare family have to leave their farm, and have to live at a
guest house
run by an elderly relation, Aunt Milly. A guest house, she says, is no place for
ponies. But Toni and Jane manage to
persuade her to take Snipe and Lawrence. They
find that living conditions for the ponies are not ideal, and settling down to life
in a
guest house is very difficult lindeed.
USA: Criterion Books 1957
interior illustrations Maurice Tulloch
Cover art "design" by W. Lawrence Hoffman.
Note that while the design is Hoffman's, the artwork is still Tulloch's.
Info: Susan Bourgeau
Thank you to Sheila Green for the Dent picture
The Mystery Trek
Illustrated by Sheila Rose: Dent 1964
Appeared in a Children’s Book
Club edition
Susan‘s elder sister Leonie is deeply depressed after the death of her horse, and
at first
refuses to come trekking with Susan. When they turn up the the trek and
it turns out that
there is no one to lead it, Leonie is persuaded to set aside her
resolve never to ride again.
Slowly, over the course of the trek, she comes to life
again, and they solve several
mysteries along the way.
The Deep-
Right -
Claud is a thoroughbred colt who feels very inferior because he has no tale. One
day he hears the mermaids
singing,and leaps off the cliff to join them. They admire
his four legs tremendously (after all, they are very used
to tails), and Claud settles
down to an under the sea existence.
Flying Horseman
Illustrated by Sheila Rose: -
Reprinted in the Dent Pennant
series, 1964
Left: 1st edn. Thanks to Amanda Dolby. Right -
Many thanks to Alison Rushby for the picture.
Far right: undated variant printing.
Second row: J M Dent & Sons, 1967
Special Australian edition, softback, 191 pp.
Morgan Knight was all set to go into the Royal Air Force, having been mad about planes
for years, but then,
during his last year at school, he caught polio, and was left
with a slight limp. This is enough to destroy his
hopes of being a pilot, and so
his father arranges for him to go as a working pupil to the Croxley’s Fruit Farm.
There
is an airfield near to the farm, which is an attraction for Morgan, unlike the fact
that Sara Crowley is a
well known junior show jumper. He ends up learning to ride,
and this does have unexpected side effects.
Foal of the Fjords
Illustrated by Wendy Marchant: Dent 1966
Appeared in a Children’s
Book Club edition
Many thanks to Dawn Harrison for the 1st edn picture of Foal
Set in Norway, this is the story of Lucky, who is born to be a farm horse. He turns
out to
be as lucky as his name, as he manages to survive yew poisoning and manages
to save
the children when they go too close to a blasting operation.
Penny and Pegasus
Dent 1969
Many thanks to Susan Bourgeau for the picture of Penny.
Penny is looking forward to a summer with the Pony Club and her pony, but instead
of being on the Pony
Club Team, she has to go on holiday to Greece. Once there however,
she finds a pony: Pegasus, whom
she rescues from ill treatment. The big problem,
of course, is what will happen to Pegasus when Penny
has go to back home.
Short Stories (and a poem)
Primrose Cumming was one of the most regular contributors
to the Pony Club Annual.
Contrasts -
Operation Acorn, Pony Club Annual, 1966, illus John Board
Nathan is determined to
save Acorn from being sold at the Autumn Sale.
A Matter of Background, Pony Club Annual,
1968, Janet Johnstone
Veronica and Harriet are embarrassed by their non-
have their strengths.
Bridle Path or War Path, Pony Club Annual, 1970, illus Janet Johnstone
The Pony Club
have to report on all the local bridle paths.
Firefly’s Foal, Pony Club Annual, 1972, illus Sally Webb
Firefly’s foal has a chequered
career.
A Pony Shared, Pony Club Annual, 1974, illus Lesley Bruce
Geraldine and Jane share
a pony.
The Fermoy Affair, Pony Club Annual, 1975, illus Ellen Gilbert
The Appletons
move house.
One Eventful Day, Pony Club Annual, 1977
The Pony Club has to field a
team for the Dereham Trials, even if it means
including Badger.
A Man’s World, Pony Club Annual, 1979, illus Carolyn Dinan
A story you would think
would press the idea of girls being as good as boys, but
I’m not quite sure that’s
what it does.
