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As bridles begin to fliake, fo I may well 

 fay, faddles totter. The Tartars muft not 

 think themfelves the only Moderns who ride 

 without them. It was but two years fmce, 

 at Afcot Heath, that the thing was attempt- 

 ed and atchiev'd over the Courfe there. 

 Two Gentlemen rode a n^atch, and, wonder- 

 ful as it appear'd to modern Britons, one 

 was feen to arrive at the ending Poft without 

 his bridle, and the other without his faddle. 

 The latter Gentleman had not even a Beef 

 Steak to fit upon, nothing but a pair of 

 corderoys between him and the Horfe's back, 

 the faddle following him behind like a pil- 

 lion. 



By thefe proficiencies then let us hope. 

 Sir, we may knock oiF foon a very ufelefs 

 portion of expence — overtake a Hun, and per- 

 haps catch a Tartar. 

 I am. Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 



John Hickathrift. 



MY 



