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one, and the knees were much blemished. He 

 would not have produced ten pounds, though 1 

 had given nearly forty. I obtained permission tc 

 break him into harness, which I did myself, with- 

 out any trouble or difficulty. His owner would 

 not take him back again, but gave him to me. A 

 year or two afterwards I refused sixty for him. Il 

 is a singular fact, that, for the first two years thai 

 I had him, (he remained with me nearly five,) he 

 would allow nobody to drive him but myself. I; 

 other hands held the reins, he would swerve anc 

 shy, and at last perhaps fairly bolt ; but in mine 

 he never committed a fault. I used to drive hin 

 with a sharp curb, and very little whip; but mj 

 command of him was so complete, that I have 

 urged him to his full speed, thrown the reins or 

 his back, and stopped him in an instant by mv 

 voice ! The inference which I would draw is, thai 

 a purchaser should always try a new stanhope 

 horse for himself, and not trust to the steadiness 

 evinced while the reins are in his owner's hands. 



I cannot dismiss my little horse without men- 

 tioning another incident connected with him, tc 

 me particularly interesting. Like most Cantabs, 1 

 acquired at college an unlucky taste for driving. I 

 have driven my tandem for many thousand miles 

 in safety, and used at times to exhibit, at once my 



