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difference of opinion as to jumping a brook with 

 hedge on other side. He jumped the brook well 

 enough, but I could not prevent him turning round 

 and jumping back again. The consequence was we 

 tumbled in four times, and in his struggles he chipped 

 the speedy cut place on his knee. You might think 

 it was done in his action, which is not the case. 



"He won the first prize for hunters and best of 

 any class at Peterborough, 1868, and again at 

 Wetherby same year. As Islington he was second 

 last year and first this year, and each time was 

 examined by a different V.S. 



" About four years ago he had a slight thickening 

 of the sheath of the tendon on his off leg, but he 

 never was lame with it, and it got almost as fine as 

 the other. 



" He was sold at Tattersall's, May, 1869, to 

 Mr. Padwick for ^375, who resold him to Mr. John 

 Leigh for ^500, and I gave Mr. Leigh ^500 to get 

 him back again. After the Islington Show this 

 summer he was put into a loose-box on sawdust for 

 two months, when he was taken up to be shod. 

 The sawdust had worked into the nail holes of the 

 outside heel of his near foot and festered, which 

 caused the smith to cut his foot down. His shoes 

 were removed about a fortnight before he went to 

 Tattersall's. On the Monday previous he went 

 short, and his shoe was taken off and his foot put 

 into a poultice for two days. Cartwright the V.S. 

 happened to be here on some business for Mr. 

 Oakeley. He examined him and said a nail was 



