And stick to the law, Tom, without a Pony.—Harv. Reg., p. 194.
And when leaving, leave behind us
Ponies for a lower class;
Ponies, which perhaps another,
Toiling up the College hill,
A forlorn, a "younger brother,"
"Riding," may rise higher still.
Poem before the Y.H. Soc., 1849, p. 12.
Their lexicons, ponies, and text-books were strewed round their lamps on the table.—A Tour through College, Boston, 1832, p. 30.
In the way of "pony," or translation, to the Greek of Father
Griesbach, the New Testament was wonderfully convenient.—New
England Magazine, Vol. III. p. 208.
The notes are just what notes should be; they are not a pony, but a guide.—Southern Lit. Mess.
Instead of plodding on foot along the dusty, well-worn McAdam of learning, why will you take nigh cuts on ponies?—Yale Lit. Mag., Vol. XIII. p. 281.
The "board" requests that all who present themselves will bring along the ponies they have used since their first entrance into College.—The Gallinipper, Dec. 1849.
The tutors with ponies their lessons were learning. Yale Banger, Nov. 1850.
We do think, that, with such a team of "ponies" and load of commentators, his instruction might evince more accuracy.—Yale Tomahawk, Feb. 1851.
In knowledge's road ye are but asses,
While we on ponies ride before.
Songs of Yale, 1853, p. 7.