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probably do what he considers it likely Lord George 

 did, or any celebrated character on the turf might 

 do, and buys his horses for any purpose he designs 

 them, of a racing sort — forgetting that men who 

 keep a string of race-horses are no more inclined to 

 have one of the sort for their private use than other 

 men, probably not as much so. But our youngster 

 has got it in his head that it is stylish to be seen on 

 a thoroughbred, so purchases horses of this sort, 

 who go kicking the stones about (if luckily those 

 stones are moveable), and creating a sensation (to be 

 felt, but not described) to the rider when they are 

 not — he, peradventure, affecting a style of kicking 

 such animal along, contracted from habit by the ex- 

 ercise-lads of a racing stable. We hardly know 

 which is the most to be ridiculed — the selection of 

 the horse, or the assumed manner of riding him. 



Our tyro may, on another tack, fancy a military 

 character the one he should like to assume. In such 

 case he gets his horses with charger-like action : and 

 having seen such horses, at proper times and on 

 proper occasions, create surprise, and indeed admi- 



