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tempered beggar at first, but soon came 

 to all right, and we hunted him a bit ; 

 and finding he was useful, I ran him in 

 a hunt steeplechase within six weeks. 

 A gentlemans son who lives not a 

 thousand miles from here saw him one 

 day, and bought him off me for £2>o, if 

 he passed his vet., and I sent the horse 

 over to be examined next day ; but he 

 came back with a most insulting letter 

 from the buyer, asking me what I took 

 him for, and all that sort of thing, and 

 declaring I must have known the horse 

 made a noise, and enclosing V.S. certifi- 

 cate to that effect. Two or three days 

 after, I knocked up against another 

 gentleman in the Birdcage at Newmarket, 

 who, having seen him run in the steeple- 

 chase, asked me the price, and I said 

 £12,0, He said, "Well, Til take him 

 if he passes -^^--," naming one of the 



