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and generous animal with a fine turn of speed 

 and no fence too big for him, and was sold 

 to Mr. Lane Fox, of Bramham, for a large 

 sum, his new owner christening him under 

 the appropriate combination of ^' Jackdaw.'^ 

 How difTerent from such pseudonyms as 

 '' Here I go with my eye Out," '' Shocking 

 Mamma," ^' Tommy-up-a-Pear-Tree," "Fiddle 

 and I," " The Tup," " Lamb's Fry," " Bread and 

 Butter," "To-morrow," "Tom Cat," "The 

 Moon," " No Thank You," " Sheep," and a host 

 of others equally senseless and stupid. Towards 

 the latter part of his time the then Lord 

 Huntingtower offended our amateur huntsman 

 by warning him off, and so the latter, by way 

 of retaliation, made a practice of paying his 

 compliments to Buckminster more frequently 

 than before. But he came to an untimely 

 end at last through the effects of a fall from 

 his horse, which broke his neck. 



