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small boys on them with single reins and a martin- 

 gale on each. The animals were very fresh, and 

 started jumping and kicking at everything that came 

 near them, just missing his lordship, and as one 

 hound was running past, a horse called ' Timothy ' 

 lashed out, and nearly killed him. Mr. Evans had 

 not himself seen any of this performance, as he had 

 not come out quite so early. Presendy he went up 

 to Lord Lonsdale, and said : 



"My lord, I want to run my horse 'Timothy' in 

 a hunters' race at Nottingham. Would you kindly 

 look at him, and give me a certificate for him ?" 



Lord Lonsdale turned round to him — I shall never 

 forget the expression on his face — and said : 



" Mr. Evans, I will give you a certificate for all 

 the horses you have out to-day, on condition you 

 take them home, and promise never to bring them 

 out with my hounds again." 



These two anecdotes will show how utterly absurd 

 the old qualifying rule was. These are only two 

 instances of an almost everyday occurrence. 



