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horse well known (omit adding ''too") with the 

 Featherstern Hounds," several of which he has 

 probably drafted ; and the crib-biter you are sick 

 to death of, may, after his other excellencies have 

 been enlarged on, be quoted as ''particularly good 

 at timber, and never shy of his manger." 



The horse which has endangered your neck by 

 grazing and chancing every fence exceeding two feet 

 in height, you may, I think, feelingly write down as 

 " a fine fencer," although it is unnecessary for the 

 public weal to state that he systematically does all 

 his fences considerably too finely for the nerves of 

 yourself or any ordinarily constituted man. 



The buck-jumper which has so often laid your 

 august self and your dependents in the dust or mire, 

 needs no prevarication in delineating his character, 

 for you are certainly warranted in terming him 

 " Evictment," a bay gelding, etc., " a big and nat- 

 ural jumper ;" or, should you desire at greater length 

 to enlarge upon that acrobatic animal's capabilities, 

 '"a light-hearted horse, jumps like a buck, and has 

 been regularly hunted," might meet his case. For 

 has he not been regularly hunted by each of you in 

 turn, as, having regained your feet and shaken the 

 sparks from your eyes, you started off in hot pur- 

 suit of that fleeting steed ! 



The horse which, from cataract, or what not, has 



