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near foreleg, with the addition of a pint of gruel, 

 administered to her, warm, every two hours, naturally 

 proved an efficacious remedy, and she will soon regain her 

 action.' 



At Findon the ' reporter ' found William Goater afflicted 

 with the gout, ' and much as I pity him, I cannot but hope 

 he is suffering the same tortures that he has caused us to 

 endure by making us keep on the roads, and depriving us 

 of a pleasant walk on the soft moss of the Downs.' It is 

 sad to think that the training quarters of John Porter's 

 boyhood, a spot so near the town where he was born, 

 should have assigned to it, even in jest, a tout of the 

 character depicted in this anything but Good Templar's 

 report in the ' Sporting Gazette.' This professes to come 

 from the ' Hedgeford ' tout : — 



1 Whenaman — upearlyinmornin' — xpresspurps — lookin- 

 afteremployersintres — I say WHENAMAN — xpresspurps — 

 notalllikely — that man — thootherwisemodelsbrity — onan- 

 emptystomach. Not that — whenwashino'myneck — inside 

 — two quarts old ale— orarfapint — swansdown — oroid- 

 jamaiky — everdid — curl my 'air — 'cept — empty stomach. 

 Therefore — mustastyouscuseme — SCUSEME — courseo'fol- 

 lerin'produkshn. Ole Hopwood'sfool. Wouldnstan'me 

 nothin. Gotnothn — worthlooknat — misble screws — sir — 

 misble screws — andsos//^. 



1 Nothindoin — heretall— Old Hopwood'sfool. Somethin 

 or somebody tooktwocanters — ^cantersmean — yesterday 

 Itwasme. Sombodyelse — took two twosgin — smornin' — 

 Itwasme. Imagoin'onfustrate — Bressyou — nevarfittar — 

 Fitrunformlife. Hopwood's fool. Oncgoodhorse here — 

 Callmtumbler — Smoknhotsomeday — spoonsinit — youanme 

 — collarsugar. Damthorses. I aintagoin' — toutnomore. 

 Go t' Public — hearnoos — getgriffn — write up t'Londn — 

 thatsstyle — nocasion — catchcoldundredge — notforjoseph. 

 Whyshdi — speriarman — mantalent — manedukashn — 

 stricklonseansober — gotoutnorsesundredge ? Whyshdi ? Hu 

 — miliatn. Thatswatis — Hu — miliatn. Bsides — Knowno- 

 thinboutit — Noonedoes — Knowsuthin — howtoldtom} Blieve 

 you: speriaranimal — VKingtom— Canaman — makedevlsh- 

 goodjoke — ifhesscrewed ? CANAMAN ? Hopwood'sfool.' 



