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passed under the gauge for testing the height, jet 

 it came into contact with one of the arches with 

 great violence ; and had not the roof given way, the 

 van, or the truck it was standing on, must have been 

 thrown off the rails, and most likely the boy, or the 

 horse, or both of them, have been killed. As, how- 

 ever, it passed several stations and under innumerable 

 bridges after the accident, the stationmaster at the 

 next stoppage decided there could be no further 

 danger, and let it proceed at the railway company's 

 risk; and to the matter ended harmlessly. 



Joe Miller, as a five-year-old, was again well in for 

 the Chester Cup, and we thought would win it ; and, 

 but for an accident, I think even now he probably 

 would have done so. As an account of the accident 

 may serve as a useful warning, I will briefly relate 

 the particulars. It happened between seven and eight 

 o'clock in the evening ; for at the latter hour the 

 horse was found with his head in the manner, lookino- 

 dispirited and thoroughly unwell. On examination 

 we discovered a large bump on his poll, and the 

 horse, in fact, insensible. The injury was caused, I 

 do not doubt, from his having his head under the 

 manger, and then raising it quickly, and coming into 

 contact with the sharp edge of the under part of it. 

 We had unfortunately backed him for some money, 

 and were only able to save a portion of it. And 

 worse, the horse, though he ran again, was never 

 himself afterwards. Here ivas an accident no one 



