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able, Howard called to Miss M. to come on, and 

 away they rode, leaving Yarnall to help himself 

 from the ground, which he manfully did, and 

 Howard says before he and Miss M. had gone two 

 fields away, Yarnall was pounding alongside of 

 them again and was soon in the lead. 



Sam Lewis, in his earlier days with the club, 

 rode a little, sprung-kneed black horse, that was 

 wiry and gritty and ready to go wherever Sam 

 pointed him, and Sam didn't hesitate to point him 

 anywhere, when he was in the mood, and a pusher 

 would do it. On one occasion, in a ride above the 

 Snakehouse woods, where there was a wall built 

 across the head of a hollow to prevent washing, 

 Sam, seeing it, called to the other horsemen to fol- 

 low, and away he galloped on "Blacky" for the 

 wall, and over they went, disappearing from view 

 on the other side. No one followed him. and it 

 was found the ground where the horse alighted 

 was some ten feet below the level of ground on 

 the upper side of the wall; but the horse and Sam 

 were all right. At another time, when riding to 

 the hounds and following close in with them, Sam, 

 on "Blacky," rode from the field at a fence at the 

 side of the road, and Tom Bishop, who was follow- 

 ing close and knew the danger of the jump, called 

 to Sam not to take it, but Sam, in the lead, called 

 back, "you're too late," and sailed over the fence 



