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with the assistance of some local boys, he harnessed 

 the cob and drove it, I think, about 200 yards. The 

 pony was only spirited and high-couraged ; the wheel- 

 wright mistook this for vice, and decided there and then 

 to take him out of harness and give him some " medi- 

 cine," as he called it — ^an administration of the whip. 



No, he could not drive this beautiful pony. 



This is only one of many cases where his system failed, 

 and the pony was sent to St. Martin's Lane Repository 

 the following week. I ascertained the full particulars, 

 and went to the sale with my friend, who wanted to 

 buy a good pony. We selected this very pony ; he was 

 much cheaper than he was the previous week in Barbican, 

 for he was not warranted. I had the pony to drive for 

 a few days, and he was one of the best-mannered ponies 

 I ever drove behind. He was a real Welshman with a 

 little courage when he started away. My friend, I think, 

 still has the pony, and we often have a quiet laugh about 

 the wheelwright who sold him for £7 less than he gave 

 for him because he thought the pony was wicked ! 



This is only one example of what some so-called horse- 

 men do. I quote this merely as an illustration, to warn 

 my readers against accepting advice upon horses from 

 such muddlers as these. 



Great horsemen, I still maintain, have personality 



