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and down into the road, some twelve or fifteen 

 feet below, coming off with horse and rider 

 sound. Sam for many years afterwards rode the 

 old horse "Tom," or "Tarn O'Shanter," and did 

 much hunting, racing, and steeple chasing with 

 him. 



J. Edward Farnum rode the comparatively 

 light-built but muscular white mare that had been 

 owned and ridden by Bill Crosly for several years, 

 and Bill w'as a reckless and hard rider. This mare 

 was a splendid hunter and a high jumper, never 

 refusing fence, wall, or gate, and Mr. Farnum, al- 

 though not a reckless rider, more than once took 

 the courage out of boasters by putting her over a 

 new four or five rail fence where they dared not 



follow. 



"pandora." 



Probably the most celebrated and best known 

 mare that hunted wdth the Rose Tree pack was 

 Dr. Rush Shippen Huidekoper's white dappled 

 "Pandora," or "Dora," as she was affectionately 

 called by those nearest to her. 



George W. Hill brought "Pandora" from 

 West Virginia, and while he did not know her 

 pedigree, she undoubtedly was seven-eighths, if 

 not full throughbred. Mr. Hill sold her at one 

 of his sales to J. Howard Lewis Sr. She was 

 about four years old, and Howard could neither 



