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Fro77i the Hon. Colonel Cholmondley, Abbott's Mois, Northmich, Gheshire^ 



Abbott's Moss. 

 Dear Sir, — I have great pleasure in stating, that in all my transactions 

 with you (and I have entrusted valuable horses with you to dispose of for me, 

 as well as having bought and exchanged through your agency), I have always 

 found you most competent, anxious to please by any means in your power, 

 and furnishing good horses ; and always ready to assist upon equitable terms 

 an exchange, if such was desirable from any cause, such as a horse not suit- 

 ing in the most trivial way, and I have known you most zealous for others iu 

 the exercise of your " calling." 



Yom-s truly, 



THOMAS CHOLMONDLEY. 



From Reab-Admiral Russell Elliott, Appleby Castle Stud Farm. 



Dear Sir, — I am sorry to hear you contemplate some change in your 

 present mode of carrying on business as a Commission Agent for the Sale 

 (IF Horses. 



For, as an extensive breeder of genei-al horses, I have found your skill, your 

 judgment, and your zeal very useful in disposal of my stock, after they had been 

 broken and put in condition ; and the general public well understand the value 

 of an agency through which the usual trouble and risk is completely and 

 satisfactorily dispensed with. While more horsey people, I know, regarded 

 the practical trials you can make, the inquiries your experience and facilities 

 can institute, and the species of shield at your disposal, as desirable adjuncts 

 not attainable except through your agency. 



I am, your obedient servant, 



RUSSELL ELLIOTT, Rear- Admiral . 



From the Rev Canon Prothero, Chaplain to the Queen. 

 Whippingham, 



East Cowes, 1869. 

 My dear SiRj — I am much obliged to you for your active and satisfactory 

 exertions on my behalf ; you have supplied me with a pair of horses, and did 

 it with less trouble and expense than I could myself accomplish. I am well 

 pleased with your kind and active efforts. 



Very truly youra, 



GEORGE PROTHERO. 



From W. H, Bainbrigg, Woodseat, Ashbourne, Derby. 



My dear Sir, — My dealings with you have been of a most satisfactory 

 character. I have sold valuable horses through your efficient and highly de- 

 sirable agency. 



I have recently received a letter from Mr. Sitwell, the Master of the Ludlow 

 Hounds, in which he writes respecting the horse you selected from my stud 

 for him ; " I like him very much indeed, and consider him very clever at any 

 kind of fence." 



This is another tribute to your sound judgment of a hunter, as I tried hard, 

 I confess, to sell you any of my others in preference. 



I have found you strictly straightforward and above hoard in all I have had 

 to do with you, and cautious as a Red Lidian. 



Yours faithfully, 



W. H. BAINBRIGG. 



