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and upon whom lie greatly distinguished 

 himself. The partial loss of these gave the 

 horse a somewhat wicked and sullen appear- 

 ance, although he had a handsome and 

 intelligent head, and was supposed to be 

 thorough-bred. From what I recollect, the 

 reason of the horse's ears being rounded was 

 on account of one of them having been torn by 

 another horse whilst out at grass, but whether 

 the attack was delivered in play or savagely I 

 was unable to learn. After the jagged strips 

 of the lacerated ear had been trimmed off, it 

 gave the animal such a singular appearance ^ 

 that it was determined to shape the other to 

 match. Notwithstanding this, you could not 

 fail to detect his high breeding, beautiful 

 quality, and light action, which, combined with 

 a great turn of speed, made him one of Goodall's 

 special favourites. 



One of the most dreaded and spiteful enemies 

 that Goodall had to contend with was a mule, 

 which belonged to a gentleman over whose 

 land hounds frequently ran, and was used by 

 his shepherd. For crass stupidity and malig- 

 nant disposition, the animal could give stones 

 to any of the tribe and win in a canter. When 



