IN SEARCH OF A HORSE. 



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to a horse that "^'on't go;" it is an eternal trial of 

 one's temper; many a time has the provocation 

 brought me within an ace of Martin's penalties. 

 My "castle" had "no go" at all in him. When I 

 first brought him out of the seller's stable, he seemed 

 as gay as a lark; but I suppose he had not been 

 used for a twelvemonth; at the end of a mile all his 

 "pluck" was gone, and my wrath began: my spurs 

 were sharp, but he kicked! A good ash-stick 

 brought him to his senses, and restored the equili- 

 brium; nay, it did more, it actually compelled a 

 canter, and if my arm only had been in fault, I had 

 still strength enough left, to have coaxed the canter 

 into a gallop; but, alas! when we arrived at that 



