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stake ; but^ let me tell you, my horse was in the 

 Derby, and ran very forward, though not placed. 

 He afterwards won a couple of very good stakes. 

 In doing the last he was severely punished ; from 

 that time he turned both savage and sulky, could 

 scarcely be got to start, and when he did would 

 not run. They threw him out of work for that 

 season, tried him the next, found him just as bad. 

 He was then tried as a gelding ; he left off his 

 savage propensities, but was as sulky as ever in 

 running. If he was punished for it, he would 

 stop at once and kick ; in short, as a race-horse, 

 was not worth a farthing. I bought him for 

 fifty pounds, and, by patience and coaxing, have 

 made him, as you see, a very perfect and, as he 

 is considered to be, very superior hunter. I have 

 refused a large price for him ; but put any incon- 

 siderate or hasty tempered man on him, they 

 would not agree for a day. I never strike him 

 severely vriih either whip or spur; he does not 

 require it ; but even if he did, he would not bear 

 it; so you see, if you gave me two hundred for 

 him, and I have been offered that, you would not 

 get a better horse than your own, though in 

 racing capability a faster one. If it were left to 

 me to value the two horses between friends, I 

 should value mine at less than yours. They are 

 equdly good as hunters, and yours can carry a 

 stone more weight.^^ 



