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the Sutton meadows. Messrs. Rose, Chap- 

 man and Smith were still as intent as ever 

 upon beating each other. Just before we got 

 to the Potton road a fresh hare jumped up, 

 and six couples went back, which I had to go 

 and stop, while the body went on. I stopped 

 them, and when I got back into the road I 

 heard Mr. Chapman shouting. He had been 

 thrown, and his horse stood about a dozen 

 yards off, showing his teeth. 



'' Coop, coop, coop 1 " the old gentleman 

 was caUing, but the cob was dodging him 

 round a tree, its mouth open, and all enticement 

 was unavailing. 



'' What's up ? " I asked. 



" I think that limb of the devil belongs to 

 Billy Button," he replied. '' I can't catch him. 

 Every time I get near him he comes at me 

 with his mouth open." 



(Billy Button was the proprietor of a circus 

 which in those days used to visit this district, 

 and he had one horse which had been trained 

 to apparently turn very vicious suddenly, in 

 the middle of a performance, and to go for 



