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blood of all the Howards, was desirous of purchasing a 

 pair of very superior carriage horses, and many were 

 the teams that from time to time were driven to his 

 mansion to be inspected. Nothing, however, came up 

 to the desired standard of perfection, and it began to 

 look as if the country held nothing good enough for the 

 excruciatingly particular purchaser. At last one day two 

 men filed an appearance, driving a pair of elegant bay 

 geldings, black points, full 16.1 in height, matched to a 

 hair in color; upheaded, lofty steppers, full of style and 

 bold, speedy drivers. The price asked for the pair, $600, 

 was very reasonable, and the intending purchaser being 

 satisfied on that point, commenced to ask how they were 

 bred and who owned them. 



The latter query evoked the answer that the two geld- 

 ings were owned by two hackmen of this city, and as 

 neither was rich enough to buy the other man 's horse, it 

 was decided, when opportunity offered, to put the team 

 together and sell them. No sooner did it become known 

 to the aristocratic gentleman that both horses had been 

 driven by cabmen in their hacks, than he refused to 

 purchase them at any price, and about two months later 

 the pair were picked up by a New York buyer who paid 

 $650 for them. 



Now for the sequel. About three months after declin- 

 ing to negotiate for the cabmen's pair, the gentleman in 

 question landed in New York on his way home from a 

 trip to England and mentioning to a Gotham friend while 

 lunching with him at his club, that he was on the lookout 

 for a pair of carriage horses, his friend told him of a 

 very stylish pair that he himself had been looking at 

 the previous day, their only fault in his eyes being that 

 they were too big for his carriage. As size was import- 

 ant in the Toronto citizen's eyes, he decided to go with 

 his friend and look them over. Arrived at the sale stable 

 he was shown a pair of magnificent bay geldings with 

 black points, over 16 hands high, superbly matched, 

 thoroughly well broken and in every way a model car- 

 riage pair. The price asked was a stiffish one, $1,500, 



