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DRIVING AS I FOUND IT. 



to be set down for a rogue. I will mention a case that 

 occurred to myself not many months since. A well-known 

 gentleman living not twenty blocks from Central Park 

 requested me to get Mm a horse to match the one he 

 had. It was a very fine animal, sixteen hands high, 

 of excellent conformation, extra high action, showing 

 a great deal of quality and a fair amount of speed. 

 Several horses were tried but one could not be g:ot 

 to go with him. At last, however, I accidentally met a 

 gentleman who was leaving town and wished to dispose 

 of three horses and at his invitation I went to look at 

 them. One was a very fine bay and by his looks and 

 way of going satisfied me that he would make a close 

 match for the horse in question. I put them together 

 and drove them myself on three difi'erent occasions 

 ajid a nicer pair I never wished to sit behind. The 

 gentleman was delighted and bought the horse. Some 

 weeks after I received a note from him requesting me 

 to call and see him. To my astonishment, he appeared 

 very much displeased with his purchase and requested 

 me to sell the horse. In reply to my question as to 

 what was the fault with him he replied: "Why a very 

 great fault, he plunges in his harness and rears up 

 on his hind legs, on one occasion getting across the 

 pole, and nearly smashed my carriage to pieces, in fact, 

 my coachman is so frightened he will not drive him 



