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ter, having been got by Sir Hale's Com- 

 moner, out of a three-part bred daughter of 

 Rattle, fon of Snip. Although fo flow a gal- 

 loper, that it was a mere burlefque upon racing, 

 to match her, (he beat feveral well-bred hacks 

 over the courfe, by dint of running every yard 

 of the ground ; and there is no doubt but fhe 

 could have performed twenty-two miles in one 

 hour, with eight ftone. She repeatedly walked 

 five miles within the hour, and, perhaps, was 

 not to have been matched in Britain, for variety 

 and excellence of qualifications, being in the 

 firft degree docile, pleafant- tempered, and fafe, 

 a tough and everlafting hack, a good hunter, 

 and a capital lady's pad. It is with a melan- 

 choly pleafure that I thus write the eulogium 

 of a poor departed fervant, which cheerfully 

 contributed, during nine years, to the comfort 

 and convenience of my life. 



It is well enough known, to thofe who re- 

 queft them, that capital trotters, whether for a 

 fingle mile, or for didance, are always fcarce, 

 and command a high price ; and that it is ex- 

 tremely difficult to obtain them, until they are 

 in fucn a battered ftate, that they are fcarce 

 fafe to ride ; the madnefs and folly of their 

 owners, always wearing out the legs and feet of 

 thefe horfes, in teaching them their pace. As 

 horles trot from their (liapes, I would recom- 

 mend it to fuch fportfmen, as defire a hack of 



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