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Show Well Led. Mary and Robert, of tender age, had ponies as their Christmas presents anil were being taught, to ride. Daily they were' put on II. e ponies' backs ai- Ihe entrance to Central park in New York, a lit 1 were taken for the prescribed t round. Being only four and six years respectively, they welcomed the kind attentions of grooms, especially ihe immense help of leading the pony. But il was best that they should go it' alone. Near by the plaza entrance, of ourse. is Ihe bronze equestrian slatue of General Sherman, ivith victory going go-ing before his horse. Mary, after being be-ing for a long time without a groom to lead, one day looked wistfully at the statue. "Father," she said, "wasn't It awfully awful-ly kind of that man's wife to lead his Horse for uiia.7" |