Sneezy

Melrose Park, Illinois, August 1962. Keep your hands away from your face after you pet the pony.

Risk Averse

Melrose Park, Illinois, June 1962. I hold on tight in the Kiddieland ring. I took several pony rides that summer.

Assumption of Risk

Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin, July 9, 2014. Read this before you ride a pony.

Žemaitukas

"The Zemaitukas is a breed of pony from Lithuania. Known in written documents from the sixth and seventh centuries and used during the Northern crusades as a war horse. During this time the pony had a widespread population, but over time the breed almost became extinct three times."

It's foal season in the Shetland Islands.

Diminutive diminutives.

We were behind the grocery store.

Suburban Chicago, June 1962. The Jewel Food Store at Winston Plaza occasionally sponsored pony rides. Mr. Irene had a more interesting experience there.

Cowboy Attire

Toronto, Ontario, about 1956. Toronto Al wears the right accessories.

The Pooch's Pony

BeAnne, the terrier, likes to ride Shetland Ponies.

(The ponies are the same ones that wear fair-isle cardigans.)

Reach down and pet the good pony.

Melrose Park, Illinois, August 1962. I enjoy another pony ride at Kiddieland.

"Pony Rides"

Addison, Illinois, June 1961. We're enjoying a ride around the amusement park, Adventureland, but I think those "ponies" are really mules.

Hang on!

For me, there were few things better than a pony ride.

Suburban Chicago, September 1962. It doesn't get better than this. I take a spin on a pony at Kiddieland. I wear one of the sweaters Mom knitted for me. It was a navy-blue cardigan.