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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 50, 1 May 1863, Page 2 (Supplement)

Death of a Celebrated AnlMal.^>Sßl The Court Journal announces the deatlyS of ,a celebrated little 'animal. Whitef-M Velvet has just paid the penalty of na-lB ture, at a th'e age of 47, White Velvet^K was a" pony ttiat our Queen, when a<E little child, used to ride, and was the m first she v ever l mounted... Poor White K Velvet, from the stables of the late-* Duchess of Kent, became one ofs Astiey's great attractions, 'where hejX remained many years, till an accidents caused him to become lame.- He wagiM sold for one pound to a Richmond Xj (Yorkshire) baker, when he was hat- E nessed to a cart that contained the^ft bread for distant customers, v Th"ia«| work he continued so long that White^m Velvet became well-: known all round^K the neighborhood; and finally a York- M shire squire, with a fine estate close toW Richmond, in sheer pity, bought him, IJ and turned him out in a field, and~Y there left him to enjoy the remainder of his eventful life in peace and comfort. V,W