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uprightness), "an upstanding young horse, with high 

 action" — the cream color with the stringhalt as "an 

 exceptional goer," and the gammy-legged dun as 

 " a good all-round horse, with great substance." 

 Whereas "The Priest," that hog-maned cob who is 

 so continuall}^ on his knees, is surety an animal " you 

 can't pick up every day," for have you not discovered 

 such to your sorrow? 



With these few hints I will bring my remarks on 

 horse selling to a conclusion, hoping that thereby I 

 may have done the buyers, if not the sellers, at 

 auction a good turn. 



A GOOD RUN, AND A GOOD FINISH. 



EDGELEY ALDERS is, as most hunting 

 men know, or, as all hunting men in the 

 more favored Shires are at least aware, a 

 little covert of some five acres, which may be des- 

 cribed roughty as situated fully three miles from 

 anywhere, and in the heart of as beautiful a tract 

 of feeding and meadow land as the eye could rest 

 upon in any of the three Kingdoms. It is a sure 

 find, and the fixture, from which it is usually requi- 

 sitioned " The Fox and Hounds," is the meet par 



