A HORSE AGED 62
Mrs. H. Watson, writing to the "Daily Mail" from Sunderland, states that her pet pony, Polly, which had to be destroyed owing to an injury,; was about 45 years old. A horse called iOId Peter, which was taken from England to the Argentine and died there, aged 47, sired 17 foals in his last year. A horse in Edinburgh lived to bo GO, and one at Norton Conycrs, Ripon, to be 62. Both instances are well authenticated. A hunter, aged 43, was ridden to a meet of the South Durham Hounds a few years ago.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 44, 21 February 1930, Page 5
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99A HORSE AGED 62 Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 44, 21 February 1930, Page 5
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