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Vermont, too, behaved to perfection with 

 the exception that he got a bit too near the 

 second fence of the double, and hit it so hard 

 that he landed on to his head. His good shoul- 

 ders, however, saved an actual fall, and they 

 picked themselves up again without parting 

 company. The next time he made no mistake. 



' There,' said Reginald, ' I think that is a 

 pretty good morning's work.' 



As he drove Acton to the station that 

 afternoon, the latter asked him what he pro- 

 posed to do with the horses. 



' We will see how they shape, and if they 

 are as good as I think, I will sell some of 

 mine with the cub-hunters, and keep most of 

 these through the season. We must certainly 

 run Independent and Warrenton. When you 

 come back you had better pick two or three 

 and ride them through the season. We can 

 sell the lot at Warner, Sheppard, and Wade's 

 in the spring, or else summer them and sell 

 later on.' 



' All right ; you will have made them all 



