HOaSES KICKING Ilf HAENESS. 259 



HOESES KICKING IN HARNESS. 



I AM tempted to take up my pen on this subject 

 from seeing yesterday one of, I think, the merriest 

 kickers I ever saw in harness of any sort ; he was 

 in a cab, not a Hansom's, not one of the Slow-and- 

 easies, or uneasy as the case may be. "Merry!" 

 I think I hear the old lady say, who very wisely 

 made her exit from the cab, and sought shelter 

 in a shop, thinking, I conclude, that the horse had 

 some animosity personally to herself, and would 

 follow her if she remained visible. In spite of the 

 old lady, I repeat the word merry, for at one time 

 I had a good deal to do with such gentlemen. 



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