1875 28 Aug. In the Tribune cellar they call a pony beer, a paragraph; and a schooner of beer, a leading editorial.
1905 27 Sept. 13/5 Patrolman Junk said Kanne was drunk, but he denied it and said he had had only two pony beers.
2001 (Nexis) 11 Nov. 75 He was a pony beer off weeping his heart out.