PIT PONIES.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.1 STS,—Several attempts have been made in the past to improve the lot of the pit pony. These attempts have been practically abortive because it was recognised that nothing but legislation could adequately meet the difficulty, and no Government would be willing to give facilities to a Bill merely to improve the lot of the pit pony. There is sitting just now a Royal Commission on Mines which has consented to receive evidence upon the subject. May I appeal through your colunufs to my clerical brethren situated in colliery districts to assist us by finding men willing to give evidence before the Commission ? Time is short, and if this golden opportunity should slip through our fingers then it will be useless to hope for any further progress, at any rate during the next decade.—I am,
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