When the Marquis Came Into His Own 



quarters to match,that would speak for themselves 

 in the field or over a steeplechase course. He 

 was a picture to gaze at, the Yorkshire Lad, with 

 an aristocratic bearing, and a certain disting- 

 uished manner of throwing his head in the air, 

 for he seemed to possess all those showy qualities, 

 that count for so much, which the Marquis 

 peculiarly lacked. But Fullerton was a man who 

 knew a horse, almost better than any other, and 

 he regarded the Yorkshire Lad as a colt without 

 bottom and an abominable quitter at heart. 



And so the Marquis grew up unnoticed, except 

 by Fullerton who was hunting all day long, and 

 had little spare time to waste on the Marquis's 

 education. In fact the county forgot his very 

 existence, and eagerly watched the Yorkshire Lad, 

 who stood sixteen hands without shoes, and was 

 schooled each morning over made jumps at the 

 end of the lunging line. 



Just turned three he did six feet two without 

 effort, and the countryside fairly rang with his 

 praises, and prophesied records to follow. Fuller- 

 ton watched anxiously with the others and was 

 invariably obliged to admit that the colt had a 

 promising look, and that his sleek, well groomed 

 coat made the Marquis's seem like a rug. For 

 the furry hair on the latter's back and quarters 

 was covered with short little bits of straw, and as 

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