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All this time, the new chestnut, ridden by Mr. Binkie, with 

 his toes turned well out, and his elbows squared in what he 

 imagined to be a sporting attitude, had behaved in a most 



NOBBS, THE COLT-BREAKER. 



exemplary fashion. He had jogged along ever}^ whit as 

 quietly as the well-worn hirelings bestridden by his two 

 Eingnose friends, and Sir Tommy had looked on, somewhat 

 wonderingly, at the performance. He had satisfied himself 

 from the outset that if the horse was not unsound — and he 



