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his forelock^ groom fashion, in the absence of a 

 hat, '' I tell Mr. Forester so." 



" Go on with your horse," most impertinently 

 said the latter to the man. 



" Mr. Hieover thinks your stable too warm, 

 Forester," said his master. 



" I canH have horses fine if stables aint a proper 

 warmth," replied he, " nor no man can." 



" I will," thought T, " make them too warm to 

 hold you, Mr. Forester, if my friend intends me 

 to be his adviser." 



Rather to my surprise, my friend ventured the 

 bold step of ordering each horse to be stripped 

 for my inspection without asking permission from 

 his stud groom, — a step that gentleman evinced 

 his proper reprobation of by coolly w^alking out of 

 the stable. 



Of course, I made no remarks on the nags be- 

 fore the men, and on our inspection being com- 

 pleted, I was shown into the hack stable. Here 

 I found a very neat groom and his helper brushing 

 over two horses ; the men looked like work- 

 men, — the very speak of the brush on the curry- 

 comb, and the way they w^ere both handled, 

 showed the stableman in each, wdiile the condition 

 of the horses showed they were intrusted to proper 

 hands. Here wxre two very clever looking horses 

 that T understood were chiefly used for harness, 

 though looking far more like hunters in shape, 



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