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shy — all horses would do so at times. He swore most 

 positively that nothing was said about shying by Mr. 

 Palmer's coachman. When he bought the horse it had a 

 lot of warts upon it, which it cost him ten shillings or 

 so to cure. He was not aware of any disease of the eye, 

 but he knew that it sustained a slight blow on the off-eye 

 while he had it. 



Cross-examination continued : He did not bargain with 

 Mr. Barnes, of Andover, for the sale of the horse to him. 

 Mr. Barnes didn't tell him that it had diseased eyes. Mr. 

 Barnes looked at its eyes, and said it had not breed enough 

 for him. He had ridden it by starlight, by moonlight, 

 and in the dark, but it never shied so as to give cause 

 for fear. It once stopped suddenly with him in moonlight, 

 but he didn't call that shying. He had been to Biddestone 

 revel with some friends, and the horse stopped because of 

 the reflection of the moon in the water. He was thrown 

 out of the trap. (Laughter.) It was all done while he 

 could say " knife." (Laughter.) Mr. Little, who was also 

 in the trap, crawled along the back of the horse, got hold 

 of the reins, turned the trap round, and picked him up. 

 He was in the habit of going like the wind when in the 

 saddle. For fourteen years he led the Queen's stag-hounds, 

 and should have continued to do so but for his increasing 

 weight. 



Re-examined : There were roundabouts and shows at the 

 revel, but the horse went quietly along notwithstanding the 

 noise. He saw other horses being led through the street. 

 If he had known of the sale at Aldridge's, he would have 

 kept on bidding until he got the horse back. He was in 

 London at the time, but knew nothing whatever of the 

 sale. 



Mr. Cannon, jun., and Mr. Clark, horse trainer, of Melks- 

 ham, to whom the horse was sent immediately after its 

 purchase by Mr. Palmer, gave evidence, Clark stating that 



