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and at the subsequent auction he became Mr. Single's 

 property; this was in February, 1874. He soon began to 

 recover from the malady, which entirely disappeared with his 

 summer's rest. Washing- his leos was avoided, and thus the 

 disease never reappeared. He was a thoroughbred chestnut, 

 with beautiful shoulders and the prettiest of blood-like heads ; 

 being somewhat long and leggy, he was more of a race-horse in 

 appearance than a cross-country conveyance. He was a 

 charming hack, once carrying Mr. Single from Blackmore 



Washington Single on "May Morn" 



High Woods to Tottenham after a hard day's hunting. He 

 was the first past the post for the first Roothing cup ever run 

 at Rundells ; this was at a time when every horse running 

 under G.N.H. rules had to have a certificate lodged at 

 Messrs. Weatherby's in order to show that they had been 

 regularly hunted ; this he had been for more than the neces- 

 sary time with the Essex Hounds, but the certificate not having 

 been sent in, he was perforce disqualified ; it was, of course, 

 duly lodged the following week ; he fell at the fence in the dip 

 of the hill, but Mr. Single did not part company. His next 



