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driving out with a friend. The moment he 

 heard what had occurred he took me off the 

 animal, changed my saddle to the very quiet 

 horse he was driving, and actually, after nearly 

 an hour's delay, succeeded in putting the 

 harness upon the ^* hig hay/* and, having done 

 so, drove him home regardless of his own safety, 

 or rather of his danger, which was imminent. 

 I do not think there are many men at his time 

 of life, and in his delicate state of health, who 

 would have done the same thing rather than 

 chance a second runaway. He had no reason 

 to suppose that any such thing would, in the 

 first instance, have happened, and I believe it 

 was attributable to the fact that the horse had 

 I )een ridden a daj^ or two previously by a very 

 udld rider, who had spoilt his mouth and 

 manners, and who subsequently apologised to 

 me for having been the cause of what 

 Dccurred. I might have mentioned all thi& 

 before, and certainly should have done so had 

 i thought that such necessity should have 

 arisen. I would remind " Jermyn " that my 

 observations respecting the martingale were 

 confined to my papers on road-riding, not on 



