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the same time blowing a terrible blast on his horn. 

 Away down the ride bolted the pony like a rabbit, 

 and taking charge of the youthful John Henry, 

 jumped the gate out of the wood. By a miracle 

 the rider remained in the saddle, and the old hunts- 



Captain Pennell Elinhirst on Boreas, for forty seasons Brooksby of the 

 Field, master of the Woodland Pytchley, 18S0-81. 



man, mollified in manner towards the boy, finding 

 a purchaser for the pony before the day finished. 

 At the end of the season Master Stokes sold, in one 

 day, three hunting cobs ; and was supremely happy, 

 establishing what he then considered would make 

 the record for a life time ! However, these were by 

 no means the most noted transactions Mr Stokes 

 has accomplished during a long career, and perhaps 



