THE BLACKSMITH 



Boss saw thai a horse thai wujj J j' rir.Mi m- own ■ 

 would not only be in great request, but would also b< 

 to go out very often. Accordingly, be threw himself in 

 Bktherington's way as, slipper on foot, Claudius and he 

 re-entered Brighton by luncheon time, having disposed of n 

 shoe about Firle. Boss, of course, knew the horse's inftrr • 

 and finding Brown in the parting mood, they very soon i 

 a deal. Well, Claudius was the most jjopular horse that ever 

 entered Brighton — like a belle at a ball, he was :> 

 engaged three or four deep. His colour was greatly in his 

 favour, for though it is a generally received axiom tliat a 

 white horse should always be forwav.! \.f as it takes h ilf-a- 

 dozen fields or half-a-dozen fences t' -leople propc 



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