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All aboard the pony express.


Byline: Maurice Fitzmaurice

HAVE we been transported back in time to the 1850s or was there a news item over the weekend about a horse theft in Donegal?

Two boyos, says one witness, were seen riding the Connemara pony Connemara pony

Irish riding pony, usually dun, or gray, black, bay or brown, 13 to 14 hands high.
 up the road in Stranlorlar late at night.

It seems they had earlier tried to nick a tractor but made a hames hames

linked metal, curved bars that fit around the horse collar and serve as the attachment for the trace chains and traces.
 of it.

Circumstances might suggest thiswas a crime committed on the hoof by a pair champing at the bit for a few more pints.
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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Jan 21, 2009
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