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seen in motion ; he was, in short, in low phrase, 

 " a thundering bad goer ;" so, in order to elate him, 

 and cause him to exert himself, he ofF'd with his hat, 

 and, in low dealer fashion, with the handle of his 

 whip in it, he rattled away like a mountebank playing 

 on a salt-box ; but he unfortunately overdid it, for 

 he caused the horse to rush forward before, in horse 

 phrase, " he got on his legs ;" and he made a most 

 awful blunder, as good an attempt at coming on his 

 nose and knees as could well be, and, though he 

 followed up the horse, going and returning, rattling 

 away, whip and hat, it did not do — it was, in fact, 

 "no go." 



" I don't like his action," says tyro. 



" I put him up," says the dealer, giving the horse 

 a cut with his whip that caused him to blunder again ; 

 and turning to tyro, he added, in no very concili- 

 atory strain, *' I'm blow'd if I think you know what 

 you would like." 



He had mistaken his man in tyro ; he saw 

 he was not in the habit of going to fairs, so hastily 



