A MORNING'S CUBBING 43 



On the smoke-room table next morning we found 

 this draft advertisement : — 



For Sale (along with the Forest Hunt Cub Hunters), 

 the Property of W. G. Kerr, Esq., 



Grey Mare ''Quicksilver," 



(16 hands, 5 years old) 



By *' Loadstone" from a "Grey leg" mare. 



Undocked, good hunter, a fine free fencer, and fast; very 



good in a Hill Country. 



^'And long-tailed, long-pedigreed, long-winded, and 

 long-suffering ; warranted not to refuse wire," was 

 added in a feminine hand. 



