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waggon of a train and flee from Buenos Ayres 

 when the revolution was on in that city. Mr. Day 

 says thai bullels p.'<ttering on the roof of a house 

 are not pleasant. He lost £3,000 in the smash-up 

 that followed, and was glad to return with a whole 

 skin. At that time he was training for a wealthy 

 Italian, for whoin he had bought a stud of racers 

 in England, and who lost all he possessed in the 

 revolution. One morning I went with Mr. Day to 

 see Carbine have his breakfast. I pulled a few 

 stalks of green clover out of the bundle and put 

 them between ray teeth. '' Old Jack " put his nose 

 between the bars and took them as gently as though 

 he had been ray particular pal all his life. I never 

 saw such a quiet, docile stallion, and throughout 

 the voyage the horse behaved splendidly. At 

 Colombo Carbine had a narrow escape. The horse 

 was very ill, and Mr. Day had to perform an 

 operation on him, which he did successfully, and 

 no man could have paid more attention to the 

 horse than he did. Cunningham held the horse's 

 head during the operation, and Mr. Day happening 

 to look up saw blood running down his sleeve. On 

 asking what was the matter, Cunningham said, "Oh, 

 nothing; Old Jack had a bite at my arm." No 

 wonder with two such attendants and on board a 

 steady boat as the '' Orizaba " undoubtedly is, 

 Carbine should have arrived safely. 



