r ~ 34 - ice with many horses coming in from the Hampton district, perhaps had its best years between 1900 and 1920# PONY RACKER - Once upon a time there came into the DeSable District from *The Back Settlement1 or New Argyle , a remarkable horse whose name became a legend even before his sorrowful end. In the old ballad, (some verses omitted here) which was composed shortly after his deathf fThe Pony1 tells the true story of his career. ,fMy name is Pony Racker and I111 not deny ray name My Mother was a Saladin mare forever known to fame. I never was a fast horse, and I never won a prise, But there wasn't a horse In Could lick me for my size11. Reared by a kind and considerate master, Pony Racker was sold as a young horse, to a driving, ambitious, hard-hearted, native of DeSable named Andrew White . It was here that the stout heart of The Pony was \ k^y