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permanent injury, tliougli several at different 

 times got maimed by him. 



The man who had charge of the animal was 

 reported to have had a deal of trouble with 

 him, one of his rebellious tricks, on meeting a 

 team of horses, being to run amuck amongst 

 them, regardless of consequences, and in the 

 melee the rider had to jump off and save him- 

 self as best he could, leaving the delinquent to 

 run the gauntlet, which not unfrequently 

 ended in a scrimmage with the horses and 

 anathemas from the drivers. His vicious 

 propensities were not confined to escapades of 

 this kind, for when loose in the fields, he would 

 come up in a wheedling and innocent manner, 

 poking out his nose as if to claim friendship, 

 and when he got within measurable distance — 

 and he was an excellent judge — would whip 

 round, let drive with both heels, and follow 

 you up like lightning until he got home, and on 

 one occasion kicked a friend of his owner's 

 very severely, splitting his hand between the 

 fourth and little fingers, and causing excruciat- 

 ing pain, from which he fainted, but, help 

 being at hand, the brute was driven off before 

 he could renew the attack. Although the 



