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the action (which was for a breach of warranty) was 

 a roarer. Mr. Huddleston was the counsel who 

 cross-examined him. Mr. Greaves proved that he 

 rode the horse, and that he roared directly he was 

 set going. Mr. Huddleston, manipulating his kid 

 gloves as was his wont, giving a look at Mr. Greaves 

 (who filled the witness-box, and towered far above 

 the usual standard of witnesses), and making a fur- 

 tive wink at the jury, asked, " Did the horse roar, 

 sir, before you got on him ? " " No," was the inno- 

 cent reply, " certainly not." " Indeed," replied the 

 leader of the circuit, " he couldn't have known you 

 meant to ride him, or else he would have roared 

 pretty loudly." Shouts of laughter followed this 

 sally, in which the good-natured, jolly welter-weight 

 joined.' 1 



1 Baily's Magazine, February 1873 



