This is a great improvement over riding a broomstick because it doesn't take so much imagination to change it into a runaway horse.

Saw out of a board 5 inches square the head of a fiery steed as shown at A in Fig. 101 and paint it a dapple-gray, with a mane on its neck to look like a real pony. Make a rein of webbing and then nail the head on a stick 3/4 or 1 inch square and 3 feet long for the rider to straddle.

Fig. 101. ride a stick horse to banbury cross

Make an axle of a stick 1 inch square and 4 inches long; whittle the ends down until they are 1/2 an inch in diameter and nail the axle to the free end of the long stick. Saw out a pair of wheels of 3/4 inch thick stuff, 4 inches in diameter and bore a 1/2 inch hole through their centers.

Slip a wheel over each end of the axle and drive a thin nail through each end to prevent the wheels from coming off, and it will be fit and ready to ride as shown at B.