"If you let go he'll kill you! Urge him down the gangway and I will grab him when he makes the rush." At that instant the pony leaped.

Hippy lost his foothold on the edge of the doorsill, and the pony, unable to bear the additional weight on its neck, stumbled and went down on the gangway.

The animal's hips struck the railing, burst through it, and man and horse rolled off to the ground, Ginger kicking and squealing, with Hippy Wingate clinging desperately to his neck..