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I could not, I saw, get my good black mare home 

 that night, so readily accepted the invitation of 

 the hospitable owner to put her up at The Manor 

 House stables, which, fortunately, were handy, and 

 sufficiently roomy to afford similar accommodation 

 to some half-dozen others, for if they had not ridden 

 the line, the majority had ridden considerably more 

 than the distance, as the appearance of many of the 

 horses very amply testified, I am glad to say that 

 my own good mare was very shortly fully herself 

 again, and not a whit the worse a week later on for 

 carrying me so gamely and so creditably that day. 



Alas ! it took place some years ago now, and as I 

 write all that remains to me of that prized and 

 generous animal is one silver-mounted hoof, which, 

 with the brush hanging above it, are two as treasured 

 relics of the past as any I possess. 



RIDING AT FENCES. 



TIMBER. 

 T timber sit steady, and keep his head 

 straight. 

 Take a pull at his bridle a few yards away; 

 On either' s misjudgment, remember, the fate 

 Of both will depend — of yourself and the grey. 



