236 Hark Away. 



During this long run, I changed horses three times, 

 my first horse being the crack chesnut before alkided 

 to, after which I got on to Lucy GHtters, a weight 

 carrier, a capital bay mare, very temperate, and an 

 excellent fencer ; finally finishing the day on Knight 

 of Kerry, another clinker, perfectly quiet, but all 

 there when he was wanted, and a clever fencer to 

 boot. These horses were all of them the property of 

 the Andover and Weyhill Company, and were fair 

 specimens of the noble lot of horses I subsequently 

 saw at the stables in Andover, and those formerly the 

 property of Mr. Barnes at Weyhill. I mentally valued 

 these animals, and the conclusion I came to in respect 

 to their value, was that there would be small change out 

 of £900 for an intending purchaser, of an equal weight 

 and size of myself, standing as I do fifteen stone in 

 my shoes, and exceeding six feet in height. It must 

 be no ordinary horse that can carry such a length and 

 weight to the tail of a pack such as the Tedworth. 



Though never feeling for a moment any fatigue, 

 long as the day's work was, my subsequent condition, 

 consequent on my only having ridden once for nine 

 weeks, has been, to say the least, feeble — every muscle 

 aching with the unusual amount of exercise ; but, as I 

 have stepped considerably over the meridian of life, 

 and my state bearing a considerable resemblance to 

 the condition described by Shakespeare as that of the 

 sere and yellow leaf period, I cannot expect to take 

 the same amount of exertion as I did in former days 

 without paying the penalty consequent upon living 

 so long. 



On the following morning, a short drive brought us 

 to the quiet old town of Andover, where I proceeded 



