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short round, expressing all the terrors he had felt 

 by the utmost violence of plunging, kicking, and 

 other bodily exertions, I was not quite so much 

 frightened as he had been, but I was heartily glad, 

 when he became quiet again, that the accident had 

 been no worse. The only little misfortune I had 

 was the loss of my cap, and being obliged to ride 

 back some way in order to recover it." 



We conclude these interesting extracts with our 

 author's version of the anecdote of the racer. 

 Forester. 



" When T had been about a year and a half at 

 Newmarket, Captain Vernon thought proper to 

 match him (Forester) against Elephant, a horse 

 belonging to Sir Jennison Shafto, whom, by the 

 bye, I saw ride this famous match. Forester, there- 

 fore, had been taken up, and kept in training a 

 sufficient time to qualify him to run this match ; but 

 it was evident that his legs and feet were far from 

 being in that sound state which such an exertion re- 

 quired, so that we concluded that he must be 

 beaten, for the reputation of Elephant arose out of 

 his power rather than his speed. 



" Either 1 mistake, or the match was a four 

 mile heat over the straight course ; and the 

 abilities of Forester were such, that he passed the 

 fiat, and ascended the hill as far as the distance 

 post, nose to nose with Elephant ; so that John 

 Watson, who rode him, began to conceive hopes. 

 Between this and the chair, Elephant, in conse- 



